All I did was put the enhancements into the original code, and remove code not used anymore.
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Ted Benson <[email protected]> wrote: > HI Matt, > > Rekindling this thread.. We were chatting today about bringing some of > your improvements back to the Simile version of Timeline. Namely, some of > the performance improvements and the removal of the dependence on > SimileAjax, which is a vestige of the days when jQuery didn't exist yet. > > Do you have an idea of how easy some of these changes might be to port > back into our codebase? (Ideally without requiring a complete rewrite). > > Thanks a lot for all your work on this! > > Ted Benson > > > On Sunday, July 7, 2013 8:47:33 PM UTC-4, Matt Denman 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/simile-widgets/7rEoytCK88c/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
