thanks for the replys! a couple of follow up questions...
to 'slice and dice a very large database into manageable data-sets' should i sliceNdice and put the results in seperate json files? or can Exhibit do the sliceNdice of a large json file on the fly? are there any tricks that i can use when working with primarily numerical data? thanks, j On Jun 3, 8:41 pm, John Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: > For out of the box Exhibit datasets, I've had decent success with datasets > of 1000 - 2000 items. Of course, best performance if the data is already in > json and doesn't have to be converted from XML, Google Docs, etc... > Works fine in Chrome, Opera, Safari and Firefox. Breaks in IE. IE > basically hangs and returns the "Stop running this script" popup window with > data of any decent size. On one site I had to load a separate reduced > dataset just for IE browsers. > > - John > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:50 PM, mleden <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi J, > > > From everything I've read and from personal experience, Javascript/CSS- > > heavy applications, including those based on SIMILE, benefit from the > > Chrome browser. As to the size of the database, it kind of depends. > > If you're smart and tricky in the application architecture, you can > > slice and dice a very large database into manageable data-sets. For > > the Timeline widget, for example, people on this forum have > > intercepted the scroll event and loaded a new data-set on-the-fly. > > > If you can't/aren't willing to architect something like that, you'll > > probably hit a performance ceiling at round 500 records, give or take, > > depending on length of values and number of fields. > > > HTH, > > -Mark > > > On Jun 3, 7:58 am, jayveesea <[email protected]> wrote: > > > first... the SIMILE widgets look very well done and are a great > > > resource! > > > > i am curious on how large a dataset the Exhibit database can be > > > expected to handle. > > > > i imagine the browser is factor, is there a recommended browser? > > > > thanks, > > > j > > > -- > > 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]<simile-widgets%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
