Apologies for the radio silence, I've been away on extended leave. And for those who haven't heard, I've also resigned from Osmosoft (http:// tinyurl.com/4w7ruy) - this is my final week. However, I'm still keen to keep working with TiddlyWiki, especially this redesign project!
To summarise our current situation: - We have consensus that TW and TW.com require updating / modernising - We're going to develop a layout more akin to an application than a website - although it will still work as the latter. - We're going to implement a cleaner search UI - like SimpleSearchPlugin, but naturally the look and feel will change with the theme - We'll implement a basic sandbox feature, that will convert TW.com into an editable version, with a clear explanation of how this works - The TW.com theme can include slightly modified CSS to allow for the best display of Example implementations Personally, I'm thinking that the sandpit and the site itself could include an embedded video tutorial outlining how to add a plugin. If the user was online to view the website, we can assume they're still online (or can easily get online) to view the tutorial. Better a tutorial than a wordy explanation, in this case, I think. Would like to just respond to one point from Morris: > A simple, safe 'save it now and play' button for TW.com I think could take > the place of a sandpit mode. My view on this is that we're trying to encourage people to play with TiddlyWiki before they go through a potentially confusing installation process. Installation includes several potential barriers to overcome, and I'd like people to know it's worth their while before they attempt it. I'd therefore like to stick with the sandpit - and we should of course continue to observe how people interact with it with the option of removing / changing it later on. So....next steps: My soon-to-be-ex-colleague Phil Hawksworth has kindly agreed to have a stab at creating the above theme. I'd like to encourage all readers of this forum to follow suit (I just wish I had the CSS skillz to join in the fun). As with previous efforts, if we branch out across different options, we unify by seeking out the best from each solution. Let me know if you're intending to have a go and I'll coordinate. Separately, I'm going to have a play with empty.html to try and improve the first time user experience just by playing with the text for now. I'm forming the view that the default download should include some basic help text, and the Advanced Download Options can include a link to a completely empty TiddlyWiki - does anyone have any views on this? Thanks, Phil --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
