Alternative to SIMILE Timeline for timeline visualization? [closed]

Answer 1

The Timeline project is very much alive, they just don't use Google Code anymore. The Simile widgets are now hosted on a dedicated homepage, here is the homepage and documentation of Timeline. Keep in mind that the links on the page are not consistent, many pages still link to the outdated wikis on Google Code and the mit.edu wiki pages. Keep that in mind when checking the wiki.

There is also an active mailing list on Google Groups.

Answer 2

I don't know exactly what you want, but i'm working on this jquery plugin that it's being used in a website with dynamically managed events.

Answer 3

They’re still very active. David Karger makes frequent updates. Now they have the version 3.0. You can find reference documentation here: http://simile-widgets.org/wiki/Reference_Documentation_for_Exhibit.

The code is here: https://github.com/simile-widgets/exhibit

Answer 4

We needed the Simile Timeline at Lab 21k so we took the source code, cleaned it up and published it using bower. So you don't need an alternative anymore.

https://github.com/Lab21k/standalone-timeline/

Answer 5

This is probably the best one around right now:

http://timeline.verite.co/

Answer 6

I'm actually working with the Simile Timeline in a project of my called Event Viewpoint. I've fixed quite a lot of bugs and enhanced it with many contributions that I have found online including images for the event, a zoom bar, and some additional events.

It is a brilliant piece of work just needs someone to take the time to update it and make it more current. That is currently out of scope for my project, but if I have time in the next year or so I will start to enhance it.

It would really be great if people could revive the project, add touch events and so on.

If someone needs the source I am willing to provide it.