My version of timeline on github is a branch of the main version from MIT. I added the jquery plugin style of dev and streamlined the codebase.
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:22 AM, mario chiari <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I am a little confused now. > Which is/where is the official timeline code? > I would like to have timeline as a JQuery plugin: is it so already, or > planned for the near future, or just a possible fork? > Thanks Cheers > mario > > > On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 13:29 -0700, Ted Benson 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 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 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. 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