[okfn-labs] Questions about functionality of timeliner

Tue Apr 30 14:41:28 UTC 2013

Agreed, very awesome. Really improves navigability. For those wanting an
example, allow me to indulge you: http://www.openingparliament.org/about. ;)

Many thanks,
Andrew

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>wrote:

> This is awesome, and comes to the right time, as I am planing to use
> timeliner for an other project :)
>
> Daniel
>
> On 30 Apr 2013, at 13:53, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Andrew and Daniel,
> >
> > I just wanted to update you that several of the issues you raised have
> > been fixed including:
> >
> > - Map and timeline are connected -
> https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/36
> > - Links open in new window - https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/40
> > - Links to individual items in the timeline -
> > https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/37
> >
> > All of these improvements are deployed at http://timeliner.okfnlabs.org/
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rufus
> >
> > On 8 April 2013 15:46, Andrew Mandelbaum <amandelbaum at ndi.org> wrote:
> >> Thanks Daniel.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Daniel Dietrich <
> daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

-- 
*Andrew G. Mandelbaum*

Senior Program Officer, Governance
National Democratic Institute
www.ndi.org
OpeningParliament.org <http://openingparliament.org/>

Twitter: agm3dc
Phone: +212 6 62 68 10 56
Skype: agm3jordan
Email: amandelbaum at ndi.org
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