> I just caught up with that. Very, very good on touchscreen windows tablet. > > Can we replicate that in TW?
Yes, I think we could. When I started TW5 in 2011 I was very aware of the rise of mobile devices, which influenced the design quite a bit: e.g. avoiding relying on support for CSS hover effects, shipping with a mobile viewport by default, using responsive CSS etc. I've known for a long time that I didn't go quite far enough (e.g that it is only now that we have a responsive top menu), but I've also slowly realised that there is a deeper difference between interacting with a website on desktop vs. touch devices: desktop interfaces are "clicky", because that's what mice do, while mobile interfaces are "scrolly" and "swipey", because that's what touch screens do best. To be specific, it's hard to tap on the right place on a touch screen with any precision, but it's surprisingly easy to control the release of a touch-swipe-release gesture. I see this reflected in current native mobile UIs, which often provide a clicky way to do things, with a touch-swipe-release gesture acting as a shortcut (the examples I could cite are iOS specific, but I think it's a trend in Windows and Android too). I think TW5 is still far too clicky, doing anything is an endless stream of clicks to reveal things and activate them. A dream for a few years is to reimagine the user interface in more scrolly swipey terms, and Andy's interface does that beautifully. It's a shame it doesn't work well on phone-sized screens, though. Meanwhile, BurningTreeC's work with Hammer.js to make touch interfaces shows that it's not too hard to add these gestures to present day TW5. Best wishes Jeremy > > Best wishes > TT > > Jeremy Ruston wrote: >> >> Andy Matuschak is working on a new notetaking application that I'm really >> enjoying. >> >> And here's what we would call a permaview to a stack of notes: >> >> https://notes.andymatuschak.org/About_these_notes?stackedNotes=Work_with_the_garage_door_up&stackedNotes=Peripheral_vision&stackedNotes=A_reading_inbox_to_capture_possibly-useful_references&stackedNotes=Use_phones_to_collect_and_triage%2C_not_(usually)_to_read&stackedNotes=Pocket_memo_pad_to_capture_into_writing_inbox_while_out > > -- > 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/1f6b78d1-c077-4b79-b468-d1a23410197d%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/EBF5194F-69B6-4AF2-BEDC-777ACE139873%40gmail.com.
