Brian, Nice to hear a contra-view however;
- No solution like the one discussed would be compulsory and unlikely even in the standard distribution - In some ways I am proposing a defacto standard that a number of people agree to, you use it if you want too - All elements should be selectable, and as I proposed they need to be subtle. - Whilst I think developers may love it, I disagree with the suggestion that new users would not benefit from this, or even innocent users of a website that happens to be tiddlywiki. - The reason is people do respond to subtle information even if not consciously - The information should be of use to the user but we do not always know what is useful to the user ahead of time. - Tags and view templates, title and groups or lists all can be of relevance to the user because that is the way tiddlywiki works - Just as someone can choose a theme, they can a choose rich highlight mode or not - I would argue, even promote such a solution that it would have far less impact on a user than changing the theme. - You are saying "not outside there content", but I am suggesting bringing out hidden content, in ever so subtle ways. I did not put the argument in my suggestion, but there is a science and cognitive basis to my proposal. One that recognises that humans can extract information even collected subconsciously, if that information is observable. There is also a driver in the human mind to abstract knowledge then apply it in different places - this is a key feature of creativity. if any of this kind of styling were added to the default install, I would > hope that they are not active by default, but made easily discoverable in > the Control Panel by someone who is interested in having more meta > information readily available. Of course, but time will tell if it is an advantage to the naive, new user. Regards Tones On Tuesday, 1 September 2020 04:48:40 UTC+10, Brian Radspinner wrote: > > I really like this as an idea for a *developer's plugin*, but *not as > default styling*. IMO, most of the mentioned styling is superfluous and > distracting to a new user, or one who doesn't plan on using TW as a > development platform. > > If the idea that all tiddlers are just components that are technically all > at the same level and can change levels at any time, I don't like the idea > of making tiddlers look different outside of their content based on an > individual's needs. System tiddlers are already separated by their titles > and being relatively hidden, additional visual cues are redundant; unless > you have a specific need to have a specific group of system tiddlers stand > out for your own personal needs. > > If any of this kind of styling were added to the default install, I would > hope that they are not active by default, but made easily discoverable in > the Control Panel by someone who is interested in having more meta > information readily available. > On Monday, August 31, 2020 at 3:27:44 AM UTC-7 PMario wrote: > >> Hi Foks, >> >> Since there are different elements shown. I did an experiment some time >> ago for a different thread, that defined some colors for TW tables. >> >> I'm kind of proud about the idea for styling different elements _and_ >> areas within a TW table. >> >> The example used hardcoded styling, which is acitve as soon as a tiddler >> is visible. ... So the user "className" must be unique. >> >> Examples attached. >> >> Link to: Original thread >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/6XSqLdhH1dQ/psFmcV9JCAAJ>. >> >> have fun! >> mario >> > -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/40cc5c62-49fb-43b4-a0d5-da9cfda1ea91o%40googlegroups.com.