Similie: Draggable Timelines

Similie: Draggable Timelines

Similie is a neatway to view timeline data. Instead of paginating, it offers acontinuous strip which you can drag back and forth with your mouse,a la Google Maps. It’s open-source from MIT. You only have to pointthe widget at an XML date file:

<event start=»Apr 01 1883 00:00:00 GMT» end=»May 01 1883 00:00:00 GMT» title=»Moved toGiverny with Alice Hoschedé»>        Alice Hoschedé decided to help Monet by bringing up his two children        together with her own. They lived in Poissy, which Monet hated.        In April 1883 they moved to a house in Giverny, Eure, in Haute-Normandie,        where he planted a large garden which he painted for the rest of his life.</event>

The detailed text is revealed in a popup balloon, when youclick on the event. You can also have synchronized “bands”alongside each other, showing the time on different scale.

Web timeline, anyone?

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