Like Mark, I believe while renaming does not solve some problems people raised here! But keeping the current Name also will not help to solve those problems.
--Mohammad On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 7:08:57 PM UTC+3:30, Mark S. wrote: > > In your case, people got past the name because *YOU* were there to > introduce them. But > out on the net there is no introducer, no one to convince them. So that's > when the name > becomes important. Once again, if the name wasn't a diminutive, it > wouldn't matter so > much. > > Some problems are intractable -- they have no solution. This is true of TW > in it's current > formulation. Call it Godel's Rule of TiddlyWiki: > > *Any information system based on browser technology will never have > just one way of saving.* > > Since we can't solve problem #2 without limiting users' choices (e.g. "Use > TiddlyDesktop Only") we > should fix the problem that we can solve: The published name of the > Product. > > Oh, and you can keep "TiddlyWiki" as an internal name. Remember when > MicroSoft used to > give it's Window's releases the names of cities? Ok, anyone remember which > version was "Cairo" ? > > > > > On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:46:19 AM UTC-8, Diego Mesa wrote: >> >> I definitely agree we could use a change in name. I also 100% agree that >> that is not the MAIN problem preventing people from trying/using TW today. >> >> I, like others here, have tried several SEVERAL times to introduce TW to >> others. They end up not using it NOT because I explain these things are >> called tiddlers, but as soon as I get to the "there are 12 different kinds >> of savers, tiddlydesktop, node, etc. Oh and you need at least these 4 >> plugins to get started, oh and they can only be found as attachments/links >> on google groups forums which cant really be searched". >> >> That's when I lose them. >> >> >> On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 5:58:10 AM UTC-6, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> Mohammad >>> >>> I would not have any fear if I had their marketing budgets. >>> >>> I do think we need to be realistic, thus why I think it can be managed >>> with a planned and staged transition as I posted earlier. >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fb6a9eff-bb99-44e8-83f0-2c7198044142%40googlegroups.com.
