Brian L. Croxall wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Last week Google added a new functionality to its spreadsheets. You
> can read about it at
> http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/02/stop-sharing-spreadsheets-start.html.
> Basically, you can create a form to have people populate the
> spreadsheet with data without having to allow them access to the
> spreadsheet.
>
> I wondered if I could use this with my work on Exhibit and timelines
> for my classes. The result is what I'm calling the Google Forms
> Timeline:
> http://webdrive.service.emory.edu/users/bcroxal/www/Portfolio/GoogleFormsTimeline.html.
>
> Feel free to test drive it yourselves by filling out the form at
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pgVTGTpzTQgu8Xk5EFT1zew.
>
> I think there are some advantages and disadvantages for using the form
> in a classroom setting, and I discuss these on my blog at
> http://ecitadventures.blogspot.com/2008/02/making-timelines-easier.html.
>
> One question for this and the Victorian Age Timeline that I've posted
> about previously: when I load the timelines into a browser (generally
> FF, but also IE and Safari), when I click on an event with a picture,
> the first time the event bubble generates, it is far too small for the
> picture (horiz. and vert. scroll bars are the result). Closing the
> bubble and immediately re-opening the bubble causes the bubble to
> scale appropriately. Is there a way around this?
This problem is due to slow loading images, and it's also a problem in
Google Maps. One way around it is that if you already know the max size
of all your images, then you can specify a div around the image with
that size
HTML
<div class="img-container"><img ex:src-content=".foo" /></div>
CSS
div.img-container {
height: 200px;
}
David
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