Hi Alex,

Yes, that does make sense... Timeline could certainly use a more 
declarative approach as Exhibit.

I won't have time to implement this in the near future. If you want, you 
could try to implement it and send me a patch :-)

David

Alex M wrote:
> A thought:
>
> It seems like in the examples decorators are being used as model  
> objects.  The JFK timeline for example.  It seems like there is a  
> decorator being used for highlighting certain dates (ie the shot/tod  
> highlight).  It seems like those are things things that should be  
> part of the data model (the events xml).
>
> In my own usage for example, I have a date I want to show as a  
> deadline that would be a vertical red line over the bands.  This is  
> really just another event with a different kind of rendering in the  
> view.  I think this information should be able to be included in the  
> events.xml rather than having to set it up in the view/controller  
> portion as a decorator.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
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