Show HN: Startup Timelines

#1

Post by bakztfuture » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 11:26 AM UTC

Show HN: Startup Timelines
bakztfuture.github.io

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#2

Post by tolas » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 5:11 PM UTC

This is awesome. I'd love to see more. Also a slider ability so we can progress/rewind the changes at our own pace.

Really insightful visualization.

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#3

Post by nedwin » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC

This is great.

Here is a list of 20 (now) huge sites from when they launched. Apple and Twitter are particularly amusing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6125914/How-20-popular...

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#4

Post by michaelmcmillan » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 5:17 PM UTC

I think it would be pretty interesting to see something similar for Facebook's newsfeed.

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#5

Post by sharkweek » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

nedwin wrote: post #3

This is great. Here is a list of 20 (now) huge sites from when they launched. Apple and Twitter are particularly amusing. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6125914/How-20-popular...

Oh Drudge... never change, quite literally

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#6

Post by Yadi » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 5:52 PM UTC

This is rad! Yeah I've used http://archive.org/web/ few times for recovering epic embarrassing ol' landing pages haha :)!

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#7

Post by suyash » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 6:16 PM UTC

Great idea and execution, Internet Archive rocks!

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#8

Post by dean » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 6:19 PM UTC

Great idea. However, from an implementation perspective, it's a little hard to tell what's going on with all the flashing images. Maybe show the first image by default, then wait for a mouseover or something to activate the animated gif.

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#9

Post by crisnoble » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 6:24 PM UTC

This is why I have started to integrate a screenshot step at the end of my build processes.

Re: Show HN: Startup Timelines

#10

Post by codingdave » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 6:32 PM UTC

dean wrote: post #8

Great idea. However, from an implementation perspective, it's a little hard to tell what's going on with all the flashing images. Maybe show the first image by default, then wait for a mouseover or something to activate the animated gif.

Agreed - if the author was trying to highlight the kinds of things available on archive.org, it didn't quite work for me. Instead it just was a jumbled pile of images...

Maybe slower images with a link back to archive.org and let people navigate the timeline directly would be more appropriate.