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Histography- timeline Using Wikipedia Data

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If you are interested in timeline visualisations, you might like this list I compiled of innovative timeline designs: https://www.tiki-toki.com/blog/entry/ten-amazing-online-time...

A nice list. I've always had a nostalgic attachment to the classic "Histomap". The rise and fall of the various cultures is well expressed.

https://www.worldhistorycharts.com/the-histomap-by-john-spar....

aka the Age of Empires graph!

https://tagn.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/2015-01-09_00003.jp...

First infographic I ever saw, way back in the late 90s. Ah, memories.

Nice visualisation. The pedant in me hates that "zooming in" doesn't keep the point around your mouse stable, and there's no way to "drag" the background to move left and right.

Really stunning visuals for super interesting content – yet again someone's taken the guts of an idea I had and executed it 100x better than I ever could! Love it

Same here, I’ve been thinking about building something like this for years. I guess execution really is everything.

Beautiful!

How does it find out when is the date of an article? Does it use Wikidata by any chance?

Also, I would really like a link to the original article opening in a new window, instead of the current frame for "Read Wiki page" - for items on the left side of the screen, it extends outside the screen.

Tangentially related: what if this timeline was a game? https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/

(I'm not the author)

There's the board game version too, based on real events: https://www.zygomatic-games.com/en/game/timeline-classic/

This site is endless fascinating. A minor point on the interface -- the response to trackpad actions within the dot cloud is confusing, although the time controller at the bottom is very easy to use.

What are some websites as beautiful as this one?

It says my mobile device is not supported. Given I use what is perhaps the most popular mobile device on the planet, that seems like an oversight.

I doubt it’s an oversight. It’s probably a matter of prioritising finite resources. Not everything needs to be multi-platform to deserve to exist. And not everyone designing a thing prioritises traffic volume over quality of experience.

It does work pretty well with “Request Desktop Site”, but not perfect. If I were making the decision, I’d have a message saying something to the effect of “Desktop preferred, continue anyway?”

I am redirected to https://histography.io/browser_support.htm

"Sorry!

We are currently not supporting your browser (but we will soon).

Try Chrome or Safari."

Firefox/Android

Even with chrome on mobile it says mobile device not supported

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