Use scroll instead of slider

[tennety]

More of an enhancement: Get rid of the slider and update map based on user scroll of the page. Example: http://ihatetomatoes.net/merry-christmallax/
Benefits:

• More real estate devoted to the important components
• User can go backwards and forwards at their own pace (especially once the data has been cached on the browser) using a gesture they are familiar with (instead of clicking the slider)
• User's eyes don't have to leave the map (so they can spot subtle transitions)

Problems:

• It may not be readily apparent that the transition is between months
• Initial slowness because of dynamic data load
• User can't jump to a specific month (unless typed in the url)
• Implementation with Om

Thoughts?

[tennety]

I think I'm over this one now 😆 Closing.