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#45of 1,739 in 2013
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16 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 51 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Design: 5 for, 3 againstIdea: 7 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, beautiful design
From 3 comments
That is gorgeous, I love the design.
subleq on HNWow. This is totally cool! I like how simple your implementation is. I can see this is not only useful as timeline of important life events, but also in recording company…
bearwithclaws on HNThis is fantastic. I just spent half an hour reading through his site.
tcpekin on HN
Simple implementation
From 1 comment
Wow. This is totally cool! I like how simple your implementation is. I can see this is not only useful as timeline of important life events, but also in recording company…
bearwithclaws on HN
Objections
Horizontal scrolling is awkward, especially with mouse or trackpad
From 4 comments
My quick web search didn't show anything without caveats, but if there's any decent javascript that can be used to make the mouse wheel scroll the page sideways, that would be a…
toddmorey on HNLooks wonderful but the horizontal navigation goes out of control. I would take Path's approach –if I have to mention something publicly known– to display the important events of…
meerita on HNBut that then breaks natural horizontal scrolling if you're using a trackpad.
dag11 on HNJust once I'd like to see a site with a horizontal scroll that doesn't just assume I'm using an Apple device.
namuol on HN
Date syntax is day/month/year and hard to use
From 2 comments
I can't handle the day/month/year syntax
ape4 on HNThe DateTime syntax could be better explained: is it DDMMYYYY? Or MMDDYYYY?
jspc on HN
Loads slowly
From 1 comment
Great design but loads slow. Wish it's as snappy as it's beautiful
enscr on HN
Requests
Support mouse wheel horizontal scrolling
From 2 comments
My quick web search didn't show anything without caveats, but if there's any decent javascript that can be used to make the mouse wheel scroll the page sideways, that would be a…
toddmorey on HNI just press shift + scroll wheel for horizontal scrolling
alvarop on HN
Flexible or ISO date formats
From 2 comments
You are right I should do something rather than just complaining. Maybe somebody (or me) could do a patch that allows YYYY-MM-DD dates with dashes. Or YYYY-MM to specify a month.…
ape4 on HNday/month/year in the readme is pretty clear I'd say. Though I wonder why not yyyy-mm-dd
Semaphor on HN
Zoomable timeline
From 1 comment
I'd love to see this as a zoomable timeline, where less important events are less visible when zoomed out, so that the timeline itself is fully visible at 100%. Draggable…
jcutrell on HN
Clickable events with links or pictures
From 2 comments
Nice. I would like to navigate clicking. Also, I would like to see pictures.
kfk on HNNeat, would be cool to add a link or hover over feature too for additional info on a particular event. I'll try to work on it if I have time, but hopefully someone else more…
rafeed on HN
Questions
Why horizontal layout instead of vertical
From 2 comments
I'm curious about why you chose the horizontal plane in the first place, given that the web defaults to vertical.
markdown on HNWhy not flip it at the 45 degree axis to make it go vertically instead of horizontally? That way we can scroll normally to see more.
chacham15 on HN
How to run it locally
From 1 comment
What's the simplest way to run it locally? I don't necessarily want to upload it to gh-pages, but simply opening the html won't work either.
kuldar on HN
Alternatives named
TimelineJS
From 1 comment
Why didn't you just use this? https://github.com/NUKnightLab/TimelineJS
cateye on HN
Timeglider
From 1 comment
Check out www.timeglider.com ---- a zooming timeline where importance is tied to size/visibility of events. full disclosure: my creation.
timeglider on HN
Preceden
From 1 comment
Looks nice. Also out there, if you didn't know, is Preceden, which I have enjoyed using. http://www.preceden.com
jongala on HN
SIMILE Timeline
From 1 comment
http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/
rollerloller on HN