Thanks for the useful summary Marko, I have added issue 46. Some of the below can be pretty easily added as client sw above Timeline. Other ideas would require more work.
See comments below. Regards, Larry On Dec 9, 9:00 am, Marko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, some points I found interesting: > - the scrollbar at the bottom (even my internet savvy collegues did > not recognise the dragging of the timeline :-( YUI Widgets has a scrollbar widget that could be helpful for this. I agree that this would be a good feature addition to Timeline. > - the arrows on the right and left to scroll through the timeline; Could be added as a client sw UI > - the 'previous event' and 'next event' in the balloons; Could be added as a client sw UI. Button would scroll the Timeline and highlight the next event. Possibly open the balloon for the next event too > - the pictures in the timeline; Easy addition to original-painter. Might require no work at all--just specify a larger than usual icon for an event > - the calender to select a date; Also an easy addition by the Timeline client. Suggest looking at the YUI Calendar control > - The drop down with filters within the canvas and not outside; Would need a bit of work, not too bad. > > Looks like they have put a bit more attention to usability, but it > seems Exhibit is more advanced. Agreed. > > On Dec 9, 2:43 pm, Larry Kluger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's not working right now, probably too much traffic. > > > But I believe that I looked at it in the past. > > Comments: > > I don't think it would be hard to add some of their UI (user interface) > > features to Timeline. Main change would be a different event painter. Good > > news is that part is the easy part of the overall widget. The hard part > > (imho), is the overall framework of Timeline including, especially, the > > machinery that enables the infinite scroll ability. My continued thanks to > > David for his work on it. And those parts would not have to change to add > > new UI features such as shown on allofme. > > > Anyone who wants to step forward to write a new painter is welcome. > > > Regards, > > > Larry > > > ________________________________ > > From: Marko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 8:17:06 AM > > Subject: Inspiration:http://allofme.com/ > > > Hey people, > > > Maybe already known, but this timeline might have interesting concepts > > we (you :-) could implement:http://allofme.com > > > -- > > Regards, > > Marko --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
