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It's not fancy & not beautiful, but it's the timeline creation tool that I wanted for a long time. So I built it during labor day weekend.

Here's an example timeline created by Timelinee: http://timelinee.com/t/UtWt3q

And FAQ If you are interested: http://timelinee.com/faq/

Comments, suggestions or critiques are highly appreciated :)

2 comments

Suggestion #1: Space the entries at a distance relative to the time between them, or provide that as an option. I wouldn't call something a timeline if it didn't represent the time periods.

Suggestion #2: Add a "no timezone" option, and show the timezone for each event.

>> Suggestion #1

Yes, I do consider supporting time periods. Maybe it'll come with different representation of the same timeline, e.g., different visualizations.

>> Suggestion #2

Good idea! Will do this.

After reading the FAQ, I think you just need a simple blog system with every category representing a special timeline. And you only need to modify the theme.

Indeed. Most of what I've implemented so far can be captured in a blogging service, except for the timezone support (but you can still argument that a simple theme with javascript can do that).

But I'd like to do more with the structural data of timelines, e.g., visualization, today in history, ...