Timeline for Better way for users to select a date range
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| Dec 29, 2016 at 8:47 | comment | added | Chris Browne | I love this idea, it's clearer, simpler and gives the user feedback before any clicks - most "traditional" datepickers require a click before you can visualise the date range you've picked, and often multiple clicks are required if you have ranges that span month boundaries. +1 | |
| Nov 2, 2010 at 2:10 | comment | added | cottsak | This is an awesome idea. Expressing the dates in a relative fashion and limiting the context to available data solves a number of problems just by the design. +1 | |
| Nov 2, 2010 at 2:09 | comment | added | cottsak | Alternative to the "twin-thumb slider" should be a single point on the timeline but with a centred overlay which extends to the left and right of the centre point indicating the date range about the centre. | |
| Oct 2, 2010 at 2:50 | comment | added | dbkk | I like this, given that they don't have to choose the exact dates. A textbox could still be helpful for quick input (e.g. "Jan 80 - Mar 93"). | |
| Sep 30, 2010 at 18:35 | comment | added | Bevan | Innovative. I'd need a twin-thumb slider to allow for date ranges; I think my UI pack has one of those. I'll prototype this to see what my users think. | |
| Sep 30, 2010 at 17:41 | history | answered | Dominic Hopton | CC BY-SA 2.5 |