Matt, I would love to see/use this code for my new project. If they will not branch your code, can you email me a copy so I can take a look and possibly use your code instead of the existing timeline.
I want my app to work on the ipad, and it is a little too slow right now. Thanks!! -Joe On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Matt Denman <[email protected]>wrote: > I started using timeline a while ago and dug in deep. I love the widget, > but I really disliked the way it was loading the javascript and how its > script block needed to be in the head section. I tore out the timeline > code from the overall Simile project and removed much of the base code that > wasn't needed or was just a duplicate of what jquery has. I've changed the > way class methods are defined to be more streamlined and the overall result > is now one file that is 153kb minified and 44k zipped. This is a > significant size difference from the Simile version, which loads faster on > the iPad. This code version also has tablet touch support as provided in > other threads on the web. > > I've completely removed all support for doing ajax directly from Timeline > as its just more mainstream to use something like > $.load(...).done(function(json){...}). This is an example of removing > stuff from timeline that jquery already does. > > Another thing removed is the history stuff which forced another query on > the server and wasn't really used in timeline anyway. > > Also, the code no longer tries to load its own version of jquery. My > thinking is, if you cant properly setup jquery on the page, you probably > aren't ready to use timeline. I think the main developer should be crystal > clear on what version of jquery is being used in their project. That code > was just bloat. > > I've also setup the creation of the timeline as a real jquery plugin. All > examples I've converted over work, and my own app which pushes the edges of > the timeline works with the new code. > > I'm not sure if this new code should be setup as a branch to the main > project or just shared somewhere else. I want to take timeline further > than it is now, including support classes in .NET for ASP.NET classic and > MVC. Right now I'm thinking I'll just host this version on another site > and let it go from there. > > I'm adding better event notification to support having other things on the > page show data related to the events showing on the page. For example, all > financial transactions visible on the timeline are summarized in a table > below the timeline. > > I've also added support for event grouping by having bands that dont have > to have a timeline painter. Put different events on each band and only > have the bottom band have the date tic marks. This groups events well. > > I also need to add support for paging events rather than loading all > events into the timeline at once. As the user scrolls through time, the > timeline should be able to have events added and removed dynamically to > keep the total # of events (and DOM elements) actually rendered down to a > minimal. I worked on the Nitobi Grid which did virtual scrolling with data > paging via ajax and it worked well. I see it as critical for timeline to > support this really well. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SIMILE Widgets" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
