Welcome back to another weekly post from Golumns corner!! This week I ́ve found another useful site that successfully uses a timeline to record events that have occurred throughout the series. The site is called the lotrproject, and it is the same website we reviewed last week. This site has tons of features but for this week I'd like to highlight the timeline. I feel this timeline can be incredibly useful for learning more about the actions of each individual character. Organizational tools can be used to highlight specific areas, characters, or actions.
The type of timeline on this site would be interactive. Users can connect certain moments of a timeline with a large map of the whole Lord of the Rings universe. The timeline is split in two different categories, the third and fourth age. Under this column, the website displays an extensive list of moments that occurred in the series. Once a user presses on one of these boxes, a red line appears connecting to a place on the map. With this redline, it connects to another box containing a brief description of that event.
Features that I found interesting was being able to sort each event for each character. For example, if one user chose to select gandalf, only events for this character would appear on the map and under the list of events. Under each event, the description is very well detailed with a specific date.
However, although these features are well organized, and very well written, I feel they should make the timeline column attractive. The use of more colors could be a solution, or the use of more effect when one chooses an event. I also feel the font is rather boring. The letters have a simple black, with a normal type of font. I also think they should have a separate page for the timeline. Although the map feature creates an interactive timeline, I feel the map takes away the importance of the timeline on this site. The page gets split in half, devoting space towards the map and the timeline itself.
This usage of the timeline is very adequate because of the organization used for each character. I was very impressed with the amount of content that is provided for each character. The amount of details that are written about each character is extensive. Like I mentioned previously, the use of this timeline is very easy. Scrolling through different time periods and characters makes the timeline very useful to use if you are a fan of the series.
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The type of timeline on this site would be interactive. Users can connect certain moments of a timeline with a large map of the whole Lord of the Rings universe. The timeline is split in two different categories, the third and fourth age. Under this column, the website displays an extensive list of moments that occurred in the series. Once a user presses on one of these boxes, a red line appears connecting to a place on the map. With this redline, it connects to another box containing a brief description of that event.
Features that I found interesting was being able to sort each event for each character. For example, if one user chose to select gandalf, only events for this character would appear on the map and under the list of events. Under each event, the description is very well detailed with a specific date.
However, although these features are well organized, and very well written, I feel they should make the timeline column attractive. The use of more colors could be a solution, or the use of more effect when one chooses an event. I also feel the font is rather boring. The letters have a simple black, with a normal type of font. I also think they should have a separate page for the timeline. Although the map feature creates an interactive timeline, I feel the map takes away the importance of the timeline on this site. The page gets split in half, devoting space towards the map and the timeline itself.
This usage of the timeline is very adequate because of the organization used for each character. I was very impressed with the amount of content that is provided for each character. The amount of details that are written about each character is extensive. Like I mentioned previously, the use of this timeline is very easy. Scrolling through different time periods and characters makes the timeline very useful to use if you are a fan of the series.
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