[okfn-labs] Questions about functionality of timeliner

[Daniel Dietrich]

I have added those 2 and my previously mentioned issues to github.

Daniel

On 8 Apr 2013, at 16:20, Andrew Mandelbaum <amandelbaum at ndi.org> wrote:

> Thanks Daniel for raising those issues and Rufus for the responses. We agree entirely.
> 
> While we're at it, we had two other requests that we think would make the Timeliner even more fantastic than it already is:
> 
> 1) Autoadvance every 5 or so seconds
> 2) Automating looping
> 
> These features would allow us to show off the Declaration at conferences, in tech/advocacy showcases, etc. I'm not sure if this might be asking a bit much, but thought it worth putting out there. 
> 
> Thanks for this awesome tool! 
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrew
> 
> ps. Here's our DRAFT timeline: http://timeliner.okfnlabs.org/view/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fa%2Fndi.org%2Fspreadsheet%2Fccc%3Fkey%3D0AiP1nXAlz_medFV3WFprU2t1REpWdzkzaWI1TjRnWVE%23gid%3D0. Hopefully we can finish up tomorrow.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 8 April 2013 14:35, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > my colleagues Andrew and Greg from NDI (in CC) are interested using timeliner for a visual history of the Open Parliament Declaration. See the first attempt (link below)
> >
> > Looking into this I have a couple of questions / comments:
> >
> > 1. I would have expected that there would be something like a zoom: highlighting the marker on the map that relates to the item displayed to the left and in the timeline. Would it be possible to add functionality like this? Without this, the map is a little bit "lost" / disconnected to the text and timeline.
> >
> > 2. Also I would love to be able to klick on a marker on the map so it would then jump to the related text and timeline on the left side.
> 
> 1+2 are covered by this issue: https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/36
> 
> This will get fixed asap (as soon as i have a moment to look at further).
> 
> > 3. I would have loved to be able to share URLs to individual items in the timeline instead being only able to link to the whole timeliner.
> 
> Hmmm, that should not be impossible. Could you raise an issue:
> https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/36
> 
> > 4. It looks like some long URLs used in the main text area break the layout and collide with the description to the next item. Also could we include URL shortener here?
> 
> Url shortening would be non-trivial. We could probably just put in
> ellipsis (...). Again could you open an issue.
> 
> > I love timeliner and think adding these functions would greatly add to the usability of the tool.
> 
> Great to get the feedback :-)
> 
> Rufus
> 
> > All the best
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> > On 5 Apr 2013, at 21:58, Andrew Mandelbaum <amandelbaum at ndi.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Daniel,
> >>
> >> I think we have dealt with our map problem. Just weren't entering the formula in correctly. Thanks again.
> >>
> >> You can check it out here: http://timeliner.okfnlabs.org/view/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fa%2Fndi.org%2Fspreadsheet%2Fccc%3Fkey%3D0AiP1nXAlz_medFV3WFprU2t1REpWdzkzaWI1TjRnWVE%23gid%3D0
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> A
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andrew G. Mandelbaum
> >>
> >> Senior Program Officer, Governance
> >> National Democratic Institute
> >> www.ndi.org
> >> OpeningParliament.org
> >>
> >> Twitter: agm3dc
> >> Phone: +212 6 62 68 10 56
> >> Skype: agm3jordan
> >> Email: amandelbaum at ndi.org
> >>
> >>
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> >
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> 
> -- 
> Andrew G. Mandelbaum
> 
> Senior Program Officer, Governance
> National Democratic Institute
> www.ndi.org
> OpeningParliament.org  
> 
> Twitter: agm3dc
> Phone: +212 6 62 68 10 56
> Skype: agm3jordan
> Email: amandelbaum at ndi.org
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