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
>>
>
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