Edgar, Welcome to the community. Whilst I am not a javascript developer I am what you may call a super user of tiddlywiki. I have a vision for a tiddlywiki layout design that would provide a great deal of flexibility and I have discussed it elsewhere. I think the following points are important.
- TiddlyWiki can already do or be many things This presents a dilemma, because how do you set a basic standard look for a chameleon? - TiddlyWiki is the answer to so many questions, but which question are you trying to answer? - There are already innovative tiddlywiki layouts like a trello look alike, the Murri plugin and much more - The traditional way to address the various needs is to publish themes, plugins or whole "editions" Coming up with a new set of layout options needs a bit of design foresight and strategy. I have a vision for such a solution I would be happy to share if you want to consider taking it on. We can call on the community for support and expertise as needed, and of course I am ready to change my mind as the work evolves. On the usability, You may see I am a prolific contributor in the community helping new and experienced members a like. I/we have discussed improving the new user experience and the journey many times and we are aware of many of these failings but they are often a consequence of the tiddlywiki platforms flexibility. One way I would like to see the recent discussions evolve is a bit like how developers may use wordpress as the back end and write their own front end. When it comes to static site generation, there are great mechanisms in tiddlywiki to do this already as no doubt people see, but to make it really powerful we need to improve and support the workflow and templates used to do this. Tiddlywiki as a platform, Software Development Kit, Personal Productivity tool, site generator, database.... interface design ... is almost infinite. I would like to see a responsive theme that contains elements that come into use only if given content and obeys a set of rules that allows almost any design structure, with default that result in what we currently see, but a small set of changes transforms it. Just some thoughts Tony On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 3:59:32 AM UTC+10, Edgaras Benediktavicus wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > I've just recently discovered TiddlyWiki (crazy it's been around for 15 > years already!) and I am very pumped up about it! It's not only a great > note taking tool, but it's also a powerful CMS + Static Site Builder! > > I think that TW deserves and has a potential of reaching broader > audiences! > > However, one of the biggest drawbacks for me is the *design of TW*. And > not only the visual design, but also the whole experience of using it. The > functionality and features seem very powerful (and I am just scratching the > surface), but the first time experience of using the tool is not very > pleasant. I really think we could greatly improve the visuals and usability > of TW, to match the other modern tools, and people expectations. > > This would address many of the root causes of these problems: Rethinking > tiddlywiki.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/gH7u07ar_KI/_Ir1-sH1AwAJ> > > I am experienced UI designer and I am willing to volunteer on creating a > new minimal and simple, yet still powerful TW theme! > > I am looking for a developer who knows TW well and who wants to > collaborate on creating this new theme. I code myself a bit, but it would > be way more effective to collaborate with a bit more experienced coder. > > If there will be more interest, I will share all the design files on > Figma, so anybody can give feedback and we can improve the designs together! > > Anyhow, I would like to know if anybody can also see the value in what I > am talking about? 😊 > > Cheers! > - Edgaras > -- 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/47c6759b-f320-412d-96a2-ea013e43728a%40googlegroups.com.
