Anne Frank Timeline

Short description & features

- vertical timeline with 34 items

- background: black and white photograph, zoom out movement

- timeline division by a thin centered line

- short description in bold letters, left-aligned

- two colors used to present the events on the timeline: red for Anne‘s private lif, blue for general political events

Interactions

- additional interactive tool to immediately/directly jump to other sections of the timeline

- movement of the cursor onto one image: appearance of a white triangle behind the image on the beige background

- click on the image: appearance of a subtimeline (more precise information about the event) & pop-up of a full-screen explanatory article

Pros

- great information hierarchy

- easy and efficient navigation

- dynamic compositions with diagonal lines

Cons

- possibility to get lost into details

- sometimes the differentiation could even be stronger