Timeglider.com - Web-based Timeline Software

This new browser-based software is self-defined as a timeline application that can be employed for planning, creating and sharing history projects. It works by letting the user grab the timeline and drag it at will in order to see different centuries. Event-spans can then be created, and you can easily see how they last and how they overlap with each other. For the time being, the user can zoom out to a scope of millennia. One of the major planned enhancements is adding zooming capabilities that would go as far as the Big Bang.

One of the best things about this new tool is that since it is browser-hosted your friends and colleagues can collaborate with you from anywhere a web-enabled computer is available.

I found this tool quite interesting for a change. The interface is incredibly intuitive, too, and having made everything draggable and zoomable was a good idea. While it is not the kind of tool I am bound to use frequently, I can still recognize the enormous value it will have to many.

“There is a time traveler in each of us. Whether you are a litigator or an 8th grader, TimeGlider can quickly enhance your experience of the past, present, and future. Once you’ve explored a TimeGlider timeline, you’ll wonder why you’ve never seen information organized like this before.”

The ones who have to take care of history research will do it smoothly enough using a tool like this one.

Is this service provided at no cost?