[Foundation-l] timelines & extensions

Sun Aug 31 01:03:30 UTC 2008

Not dynamic like this one.  You can scroll through large periods and have
comments instead of just links to articles.  Much like the Encarta timeline
which I loved.

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Alex <mrzmanwiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiTimeLine ?
>
> mboverload wrote:
> > It would be most excellent to have something like this.
> >
> > Wikprojects could make timelines of events in their areas, and it would
> be a
> > great asset to the public.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanchez at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Just a question (srry this is not strictly foundation related, but
> >> it's the only true meta lsit I've found)
> >>
> >> Has anyone worked on an extension for timelines like the ones on the
> >> simile project? Was anyone aware of that project?
> >>
> >> Example:
> >> http://matmor.unam.mx/~drini/timelines.php<http://matmor.unam.mx/%7Edrini/timelines.php>
> <http://matmor.unam.mx/%7Edrini/timelines.php>
> >>
> >> They're much more appealing than the ones we currently use. Code is
> >> BSD licensed and I've linked a JSON data file on the example.
> >>
> >> Many more examples on the homepage:
> >> http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/
> >>
> >> I know I know "what about those using lynx"!!!
> >> Yet we have embedded video and sound players, we use foldable divs
> >> tricks, etc, use an ajax search box etc.
> >>
> >>  A similar interesting one and with a great potential is also the
> Timeplot
> >> one.
> >>
> >> Good idea? Bad idea?
> >>
>
> --
> Alex (w:en:User:Mr.Z-man)
>
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