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HistropediaJS v1.2.0 is now available 😊 The latest instalment is ready for lift off, with some really cool new features and an equally exciting huge boost in performance! Read on for a walk through some of the Histropedia v1.2.0 highlights, or see the download page for full release notes. New features in HistropediaJS v1.2.0 New Timeline Redraw system The new […]
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HistropediaJS v1.1.0 is now available! This is a major new release with significant improvements to the core library, including a massive boost to the available zoom levels, upgraded zoom logic, built in pinch to zoom and many more powerful new features and options! New features in HistropediaJS v1.1.0 Cosmic timescales You can now fit around 15 billion years across the screen when fully zoomed […]
Read moreTwo years ago, I attended Wikidata’s 3rd birthday celebrations in the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. One thing that stuck out to me was the amazing tools and work people were presenting as birthday presents to Wikidata. So, this year at WikidataCon, where we celebrated Wikidata’s 5th birthday, it was a real pleasure to be able to present a new version of […]
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During the next few months we’re rolling out some very cool new features and options and for HistropediaJS, our JavaScript library for creating interactive timelines. This includes some impressive looking animations and several key improvements related to timeline scrolling. Here’s an overview of what’s coming: Smoother and easier timeline scrolling If we have done our job right you may not even notice […]
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When we are busy creating new things, we sometimes forget to tell the world what we are doing. So here is a long overdue and hopefully very exciting update on what’s being going on at Histropedia recently. HistropediaJS – Timeline Renderer The Biggest news is the launch of HistropediaJS, a JavaScript library that renders timelines using the same core […]
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Any regular readers out there may have noticed a drop recently in blog posts, don’t fear this was a temporary pause while we concentrated on a few other projects. One of these is a new portal site which should be coming soon, including a new custom film timelines generator. Another cool thing we have been doing is prototyping new potential features […]
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We have laid the groundwork for the timeline directory, now we need your help to turn it into the amazing resource we know it can be, join us and help create a new and engaging way to explore the ‘Sum of all Human knowledge’. We love Wikipedia and Wikidata, and think they are without doubt the very best places on […]
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With these two major features we are taking a huge step towards the final vision of creating a new resource that will allow all of history to be explored, compared, and analysed in an engaging and interactive environment. There is still work to be done, but these features are a huge milestone for the project. We believe we are on […]
Read morePriority Display, Embedded Timelines, Automatic timeline creation and more! Histropedia beta v0.6 was released recently and sees the arrival of some fundamental features towards our end vision, including some really cool new ways to make timelines. PRIORITY DISPLAY Keeping timelines organised by only showing you the most important event in any time period. This is a major […]
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Great News! We’ve added embedding timelines to the next release, and it’s going to be FREE! Our goal with this feature is to provide a resource that will allow you to easily add an extra level of engagement to your content. Embedded timelines will display in a read-only mode and the layout has been altered so the timelines will display […]
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