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Is JavaScript single threaded? If not, how do I get synchronized access to shared data?

I have a web page with DIVs with a mouseover handler that is intended to show a pop-up information bubble. I don't want more than one info bubble to be visible at a time. But when the user moves the mouse rapidly over two items, I sometimes get two bubbles. This should not happen, because the code for showing a pop-up cancels the previou...

Is there a simple way to use jQuery alongside Simile Timeplots?

I created a loader for a Simile Timeplot that is implemented as a jQuery plugin. This works fine in Firefox but fails to load correctly in IE(8). The timeplot api loads the timeline api which in turn loads some version of jQuery (presumably an old version). The timeline jquery reference confuses IE and it is unable to display graphs nice...

At what volume of data does a JSON data structure become too slow?

I'm using MIT's Simile to display thumbnails and links with faceted filtering. I works great, but large data sets (greater than 500 elements) start to slow significantly. My user base will tolerate seconds, but not 10's of seconds, and certainly not minutes while the page renders. Is it the volume of data in the JSON structure? Is it...

How to create firewall isolated pages using Simile's timeline and map?

I've experimented with Simile's exhibit and see the usefulness of the graphical display via a prototype implementation on machines which have access to the internet. We have need to migrate the prototype from the open internet to a closed intranet, where only internal servers are available. The timeline seems feasible, but maps depende...

simile exhibit ie7 bug

'm using to Exhibit to, pretty simply, display some data on historical events and book publication dates: http://f1shw1ck.com/timeline3/exhibit.html Everything works fine, and I have been able to get the timeline running as wanted, until I try to take control of the timeline with a timelineConfig script. After I add this, my timeline co...

What is the complete list of Simile Exhibit column formats?

In Simile Exhibit is an attribute called ex:columnFormats. After googling for a while, the best list of valid values I can find is from Simile's wiki... ex:columnFormats list of format expressions comma separated list of format expressions, e.g., "list, image, date { mode: short }" ...So, list, image, and date are valid. I've discov...

Need to use body onload event, but third party JavaScript library has hijacked it.

I'm using Simile to draw dynamic timelines. I am also using an in-house library to add a comment blog. Our in-house library uses the body element's onload event to initialize. <body onload="initComments('myID')"> But Simile seems to have hijacked the onload for their own purpose so that initComments('myID') never executes. Short of...

is there a way to have quarter of a year intervals in the simile timeline javascript widget?

When using the javascript timeline widget simile, i see there is hour, day, week, month, year intervals. Is there anyway to have an interval be a quarter of a year? i am trying to group events into Quarter1, Q2, Q3, Q4 in 2010. ...

Simile timeline - Reading from database without using XML?

Does anyone have any thoughts about making Simile read data from a database without using XML? Or is XML definitely the way to go. I'd like to hear about possible alternatives and opinions around what would be the most optimal solution. The data I will be using are basically just coordinates and geographical names, as well as some small...

is there a way to have 50 years for intervals in simlie timeline javascript?

When using the javascript timeline widget simile, i want to display the timeline each 50 year like (1850, 1900, 1950 ,2000, 2050, atc) how to achive this ...

Create a SIMILE timeline from dom elements

Hi, I'm currently trying to create SIMILE Timeline from elements of my page, using some dom loading. So far, I'm able to have my elements (as prototype Element objects) in an array, linked with their apparition date as javascript Date objects. What I'm trying to do now is to load a timeline using these objects. The code shows no error,...

has anyone used simile timeline with large amounts of data

i am using this simile timeline with large amounts of data and i keep getting firefox popping up saying "a script has appeared to no longer be running, do you want to kill it"? is there a limit to the amount of json you can send back to it. I have about 1000 different timeline points with dates, descriptions, etc. ...

Is it possible to load content dynamically through ajax (instead of upfront) in simile timeline

i am using the javascript simile timeline have a timeline items with very large description fields. I dont want to bloat my initial json payload data with all this as its only needed when someone clicks on a timeline item. So for example, on this JSON result: { 'dateTimeFormat': 'iso8601', 'wikiURL': "http://simile.mit.edu/shelf/"...

Simile Timeline - Floating Dates

We are trying to integrate the Simile Timeline (http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/) into a SalesForce.com powered page. The business is, apartment bookings. The calendar will display the bookings against the related apartments. The apartments appear on a separate div on the left hand side and is fixed. We may run into really long...

Parsing JSON and customizing it for SIMILE's Timeline Widget

I have a valid JSON dataset: [ { "date": "2008-02-04 19:30:00", "authors": [ { "first_name": "Nassim Nicholas", "last_name": "Taleb" } ], "icon": "djlongnow_media/seminar_icons/salt-020080204-taleb.jpg", "slug": "the-future-has-always...