Experiment with a web evolution timeline

[captainbrosset]

Add a page which displays a graph showing the years on the x-axis, and the number/names of features on the y-axis.
Might be an interesting visualization of the evolution of the web platform over the years that web-features focuses on.

[captainbrosset]

Adding the ability to filter by browser would be interesting too.

[captainbrosset]

Started toying with the idea in 4ec7856

[captainbrosset]

https://web-platform-dx.github.io/web-features-explorer/timeline/

[tidoust]

For "a graph showing the years on the x-axis, and the number[...] of features on the y-axis", I've been toying with that in:
https://github.com/tidoust/web-features-viz

Corresponding Datawrapper graphs are at:

• Version with numbers: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/iIjGw/1/
• Version with percentages: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/8UXj2/2/

(The 2020 and 2022 dates identified in the graph are when Edge switched to Chromium and then 30 months later)

If some of it seems useful, importing the logic to the explorer should be relatively straightforward. We would just need to pick up some graph rendering library (the exploration goes through Datawrapper.de but a client-side library seems better for the explorer).

[captainbrosset]

Awesome ! Yes a client side lib would be great since the explorer is pure front end and no back end.
Any idea which lib would do the job ?