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[edit] Timeline of Apple Macintosh models

I've put a lot of work into this, and would like some others to sanity check it. I'd like it to become a featured... something (list, maybe?) eventually, but for a FL it presently has to many "red"links... So, any suggestions? -- grm_wnr Esc 10:43, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

The timeline looks nice, but a text form should be added. The timeline should be an addition to the article, not be the article.Circeus 14:20, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. Of course an article called "Timeline of Apple Macintosh models" can only consist of a timeline of Apple Macintosh models. It's not in another article because the size of it would blow up any article - best for it to stand alone (see the abridged version in Apple Macintosh). A text version of this would be even longer and infinitely less useful, but I can see if I can extract it from the source code - I can imagine one use for one, and that's redlink checking. -- grm_wnr Esc 14:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

There are MANY issues with transmitting information that can be transmitted by text with only an image, the biggest of which is that such infomation is virtually inaccessible to blind (The caption cannot in away accurately describe the entirety of information carried by the picture) and color-blind people (color-coding is nice, but lost and the entire thing very confusing)! Also, having nothing but an image (because timelines are nothing but images without the usual image frame) in a section will always be poor layout.

The timeline syntax is nice and useful, sure, but like any other thing, it should not be abused in articles. Circeus 15:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I see your point, but it is tedious and error-prone to maintain two sets of redundant data. I have entered a feature request to make plaintext timeline output possible into bugzilla (bugzilla:5400) - that would be the most elegant solution to the problem at hand. In the meantime, I will try to construct a wikitext version of the timeline in the article, but it will have to omit much of the information the timeline has. And it will take a while. -- grm_wnr Esc 18:09, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, there are two things for each model: release date, and retirement date. It can't be that much to list in order. Circeus 18:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

And the type of Mac it is, but your point still stands.--HereToHelp 00:45, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm working on it, see User:Grm_wnr/sandbawxII. -- grm_wnr Esc 13:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Looks very nice to me! While I'mat it, I'd like to point another flaw in the Timeline syntax that makes an image-only timeline undesirable: It cannot distinguish between red and blue links. Circeus 04:04, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Text version has been added. -- grm_wnr Esc 21:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Liking the text version. Excellent work. Covington 04:42, 6 April 2006 (UTC)