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As much as I am not a fan of making more an more Suggestion Threads I'm not sure where else would be best without getting in the way of Discussion etc.
Over the last 6 months or so during my spare time I have been (as most already know), making an updated version of the Timeline as the official Timeline has not been updated since last August. During my time on MCME researching events and spelunking through the Forums I have found there to be a lot of information that is not on the Timeline of all kinds including join dates of Team Members, events and videos that we have posted. So in the effort to spread this info and making the history of the server more easy to access if have started this revamp.
I will note a couple of the reasons for the changes made and design choices, mainly being the fact that I have chosen a horizontal table. I feel this works better for casual viewing as with the old Timeline you had to grab the scroll bar and move your mouse along the table, now you can just scroll. The Timeline is all in one sheet now to make scrolling between years simpler and with build periods going across years making the visualisation a bit simpler (this may be an issue down the line with loading the table if it is all on one page but when that becomes an issue we can split it back into years easy enough). As for the colouring and box designs, I have used a couple of the same tags to keep the date colours consistent but with the need for expansion I have added a couple, and the box design helps add information while seperating events cleaner than just a cell and allows for the mention build periods and such to be shown across a period of time.
I have also added a table at the start of the Timeline for ease of access to the rest of the years/months to be used as well as the usual 'Search' function, which helps with it being on the same page as with the old Timeline you have to go to each year to see if there was a name or event you were searching for.
I was going to wait until I had fully transferred the dates from the current map but with people in the wings willing to help me with this and adding all the new dates we have found during our research I figured I'd make it 'public' so that people can make suggestions and add any queries.
Check it out and tell me what your think?? (also a PDF for those that want a good look)
I have the honor to be your obedient servant
N. Black
Over the last 6 months or so during my spare time I have been (as most already know), making an updated version of the Timeline as the official Timeline has not been updated since last August. During my time on MCME researching events and spelunking through the Forums I have found there to be a lot of information that is not on the Timeline of all kinds including join dates of Team Members, events and videos that we have posted. So in the effort to spread this info and making the history of the server more easy to access if have started this revamp.
I will note a couple of the reasons for the changes made and design choices, mainly being the fact that I have chosen a horizontal table. I feel this works better for casual viewing as with the old Timeline you had to grab the scroll bar and move your mouse along the table, now you can just scroll. The Timeline is all in one sheet now to make scrolling between years simpler and with build periods going across years making the visualisation a bit simpler (this may be an issue down the line with loading the table if it is all on one page but when that becomes an issue we can split it back into years easy enough). As for the colouring and box designs, I have used a couple of the same tags to keep the date colours consistent but with the need for expansion I have added a couple, and the box design helps add information while seperating events cleaner than just a cell and allows for the mention build periods and such to be shown across a period of time.
I have also added a table at the start of the Timeline for ease of access to the rest of the years/months to be used as well as the usual 'Search' function, which helps with it being on the same page as with the old Timeline you have to go to each year to see if there was a name or event you were searching for.
I was going to wait until I had fully transferred the dates from the current map but with people in the wings willing to help me with this and adding all the new dates we have found during our research I figured I'd make it 'public' so that people can make suggestions and add any queries.
Check it out and tell me what your think?? (also a PDF for those that want a good look)
MCME - Server Timeline Update (Public)
I have the honor to be your obedient servant
N. Black