I like the name "AtomCards" to add my two cents to the discussion :D
positiv...@gmail.com schrieb am Montag, 28. Dezember 2020 um 07:14:43 UTC+1: > I couldn't find if this topic has already been re-hashed this decade. But > I was wondering if there is any value in discussing alternative names to > the "Tiddly" part of the TiddlyWIki project. This project has been around > for so long that renaming / rebranding would be quite an effort. And the > Tiddly part is unique within programming projects, which helps to eliminate > false positives when searching for sample code. > > I am an American living on the Pacific Coast, so my linguistic preferences > are definitely different from Jeremy's. But just saying the word 'Tiddly' > out loud feels like trying to get people from certain Germany dialects to > say the word "Squirrel." It always feels forced to me. > > A joke by Lt. Commander Data on Star Trek the Next Generation was about > someone mispronouncing 'kidneys' as 'kiddleys.' We the store keeper > corrected him, the customer contested, "No, I said 'kiddleys.' Diddle I?" > > From just a project standpoint, the word 'Tiddly' is trying to focus on > the "small amount" of data or code that should be in any one unit. This way > many units can be combined in various ways to satisfy different needs. > Although it is intended to produce a Wiki-like user interface with deep > linking and back references, the way you go about it is by breaking up > large pieces of information into re-usable components. > > If your goal is to create "tiddlers," then using a TiddlyWiki application > would be a natural fit. If the goal of most people is to make small units > of re-usable components, then perhaps a different prefix would make it more > appealing. Again, this is just a personal opinion and not a slight on the > TiddlyWiki project as a whole, which I have been using frequently everyday. > > There have been two alternate words kicking around in my head lately. > TipWiki or DotWiki. > > 'Tip' has a very similar double meaning to Tiddly - drunk people can be > 'tiddly' or 'tipsy', and just the 'tip' of something or a 'tiddly' amount > of something is quite small. There is an additional English meaning of > 'tip' to mean 'a small note or suggestion.' That seems to be actually the > point of TiddlyWiki: Make lots of small notes that can be re-combined as > pieces of many different larger pages. 'Tiddlers' would become 'Tips', and > a single 'tiddler' would become a single 'tip.' Phonetically, it feels a > lot easier to talk about. > > 'Dot' has an inherent meaning of 'smallest possible mark or amount.' This > would again drive home the concept of making the smallest possible content > for any one unit of information. Unfortunately, dots are already associated > with the 'dot notation' of Object Oriented Programming, so that could make > it a little confusing as to the overall goal for people with software > development backgrounds. > > The goal of renaming the project would be to push the desire for > "smallness" of the individual unit using a more standard English word. > Please forgive me if I am pushing anyone's buttons here. This topic was > just on my mind. Thank you for your time. > -- 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/b072f8ff-973a-4349-bcff-8e9d10fcebfen%40googlegroups.com.
