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CWRC Mapping and Timelines Project
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Remove white box in middle of timeline? #35

Open SusanBrown opened 9 years ago

SusanBrown commented 9 years ago

Not clear what its purpose is. If it has a purpose document with mouse-over?

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robinetmiller commented 9 years ago

Are you referring to the small semi-transparent box right beside the 1860 label? That's the mini-viewport. The intent is to provides a frame of reference as to where the timeline is looking.

It moves when the timeline is panned in any direction.

It was always there, but I added a border to make it legible to the eye. It can be de-bordered or likely hidden enitrely if it's not helpful.

ghost commented 9 years ago

I initially found it disconcerting, because I hadn’t seen it before, but I think it may actually be helpful. I’ve always found it difficulty to locate where I was temporally in the Simile interface and I do believe this helps. What do others think? We may want to tweak the look of it a bit if that would be possible.

On May 21, 2015, at 6:14 PM, Robin Miller notifications@github.com wrote:

Are you referring to the small semi-transparent box right beside the 1860 label? That's the mini-viewport. The intent is to provides a frame of reference as to where the timeline is looking.

It was always there, but I added a border to make it legible to the eye. It can be de-bordered or likely hidden enitrely if it's not helpful.

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