To clarify: the glitch would *not* affect folks who followed directions ;) 
and downloaded "empty.html" -- but only those who started with hitting save 
to download from tiddlywiki.html (including the corrupt "Using ... node.js" 
tiddler), which is apparently how I started the file hosted at this 
tiddlyspot site.

On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 12:20:14 PM UTC-4, springer wrote:
>
> Great to wake up and find that the problem was tracked down. Thanks, gang!
>
> Meanwhile, I wonder about any Chrome-using newbies who might have 
> downloaded the same empty.html (with the corrupt "Using ... node.js" 
> tiddler) and become simply discouraged that some of their work seemed to 
> disappear into the void. 
>
> (At least twice I tried a restore from tiddlyspot backup while I was 
> trying to find recent tiddlers I had a vague memory of having created... In 
> my case, my first assumption is usually that because of work and home 
> computers I must have left a tab open, failed to reload, and mistakenly 
> allowed new edits to override work from the other location.)
>
> In all my years of working with TW, I have managed to screw up my own UI 
> by tinkering above my competence, and have also come across problems 
> introduced by plugins, but have never before had something fail for a 
> reason that wasn't, in some sense, traceable to my own missteps. 
>
> Isn't it fascinating that the timeline macro, faced with a corrupt 
> tiddler, would show a corrupted sort-order in Chrome, but not in other 
> browsers? 
>
> -Springer
>
> On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 5:53:00 AM UTC-4, Mat wrote:
>>
>> Ah, you're right. Removing that tiddler also corrects the timeline. 
>> Highlight a brittleness in the timeline macro tho. I'm closing my issue 
>> because I don't know how to best describe the problem.Thanks Saq.
>>
>> <:-)
>>
>

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