No Event duplication for Concurrent Eras on Timelines
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No Event duplication for Concurrent Eras on Timelines
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Timelines · Created by Kavriel
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Currently, if two eras overlap, the eras will be presented sequentially and any events during the overlapping dates will be duplicated for each Era.
This suggestion is to simply overlap the UI display of Eras (perhaps in the margins instead of centered, or via color-coding) so that the event displays only once in chronological order.
This would not only add aesthetic value by minimizing redundancy, but could also provide visual representation for how the actions of one era led to the next (such as how developments in the real-world 'Cold War' era led to the beginning of the 'Space Age'.
The Team's Response
Duplications happen only if an even spans through 2 eras. This system was not built to handle this since it treats eras as "folders" of events. In the future this might change but this is a fundamental part of the way the system works, Making a UI change to show the eras on the side would have been an easy change but this does not give an answer on some very important issues like the handling of different suffixes and date system changes through eras.
Current score
22/300 Votes · +4120 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by Strawbelbadude
on 2022-04-16 04:26 -
+300
by Lhankoth
on 2022-04-13 09:54 -
+10
by Willow H.R. Harper
on 2022-04-12 16:36 -
+300
by Aozaru
on 2022-04-08 09:28 -
-300
by A Enfeebled Dryad
on 2022-04-06 13:05 -
-10
by A Sneaky Dimensional Horror
on 2022-04-05 10:22 -
+200
by A Goodhearted Bananafolk
on 2022-04-03 08:27 -
+100
by Nimsy
on 2022-04-02 19:53 -
+100
by Rayna Fairbell
on 2022-04-02 14:31 -
+50
by Arlatius
on 2022-04-02 07:10This doesn't apply to my worlds, but I can imagine having eras listed in the margins would be a huge improvement for people with overlapping timelines.
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+50
by Exaldear
on 2022-03-31 01:25 -
+300
by amelianite
on 2022-03-31 00:27 -
+200
by Kilgs
on 2022-03-30 21:47 -
+300
by ProfessorSputin
on 2022-03-30 00:20 -
+300
by Jetsetdrift
on 2022-03-29 23:06 -
+300
by Rahjar
on 2022-03-29 21:37I want to vote simply because i think if I have concurrent events happening on multiple timelines(and one is in common), and they happen to coincide I'd still want them to show distinctly
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+100
by Tijmuhn
on 2022-03-29 18:47 -
+300
by theaaronw0
on 2022-03-29 18:24 -
+300
by Sach2000
on 2022-03-29 16:09 -
+20
by Adcheryl
on 2022-03-29 15:26 -
+300
by SoulLink
on 2022-03-29 15:21 -
+300
by Ratha
on 2022-03-29 06:38 -
+300
by Kavriel
on 2022-03-29 06:07
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