react-chrono
Dev tools
ui component library
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
10 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Design: 3 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and well-written docs with a demo up front
From 3 comments
I don't know much about React, but I look at projects on github all the time and you nailed everything here. Demo right up front, well organized & well written docs, tests…
waterside81 on HNSuper clean very good work
OliverGilan on HNThis excellent! Thank you this. Love it.
vikashkoushik on HN
Useful for displaying timelines such as event agendas
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing it, I will try to use this soon to display an Event agenda.
nakovet on HN
Objections
Accessibility is incomplete: no landmarks, weak keyboard navigation, no focus indicator
From 1 comment
The accessibility of this leaves a lot to be desired: - There are no landmarks. - The keyboard navigation works poorly. - There are no live regions to show changing content. -…
justinph on HN
Some advanced layouts do not work in Safari
From 1 comment
The accessibility of this leaves a lot to be desired: - There are no landmarks. - The keyboard navigation works poorly. - There are no live regions to show changing content. -…
justinph on HN
The tree layout name is confusing
From 1 comment
I think `tree` is a bit confusing for what is essentially still linear vertical diagram. You can imagine you could have a layout with actual branches.
xixixao on HN
Requests
Responsive layout support
From 2 comments
I'll keep an eye on this for the responsive feature that's planned! I recently implemented a timeline on the https://wavy.fm front page to communicate that the website is still…
momothereal on HNThanks for making this. I am hoping this is responsive.
asadlionpk on HN
Click-and-drag and scroll navigation
From 2 comments
The ability to click and drag the timeline to scroll through it would be an excellent addition!
piercebot on HNLooks great, lots of presentation options and whatnot, but I was missing the ability to scroll on desktop.
jaquers on HN
Scale spacing between entries by time gap
From 1 comment
I've wanted something like this for a while, but it's missing what to me is the most important feature: scaling the distance between entries based on the length of time between…
Tossrock on HN
Zoom out feature
From 1 comment
Is it possible to zoom out? It's hard to place events relatively to each other if you can only see 2-3 on the screen at a time.
phailhaus on HN
Multiple synced side-by-side timelines
From 1 comment
I expected `tree` to allow multiple side by side (but still synced) timelines. For instance in your examples there'd be one line for European ops, and another for Japanese. Any…
jakear on HN
Questions
Does it support printing or PDF export?
From 1 comment
This is really cool! Does it support printing or converting to pdf well?
naderkhalil on HN
Alternatives named
ChronoFlo Timeline Maker
From 1 comment
Great job - your timeline widget looks really neat. I look forward to seeing how it develops in future. For your interest, there is a small group of hobbyist developers and small…
alexkearns on HN