On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 3:19 PM S² <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > I really like Tiddly Wiki - I'm more user than programmer. > I prefer to have the whole screen available for the content of the > tiddler. That's why my right sitebar is faded out. > When I need a second column, I have installed the plugin 'Stories' > Hi Stefan, Yep, Stories is a great plugin here! Thank you for sharing your sidebar snapshot! > [image: right_sidebar.png] > Greetings > Stefan > ludwa6 schrieb am Dienstag, 27. April 2021 um 12:06:02 UTC+2: > >> Agreed, @Mohammad: that right sidebar is like the digital extension of my >> right hand, when working in TW; without it, i would not be using TW at all, >> i expect. The fact that it is persistent, always-accessible and easily >> mutable -all 3 qualities at the same time- is what makes it so powerful for >> me... And, as a relatively new user, still in process of making this my >> primary IDE for ideas, it is just this tension between mutability and >> structure that makes this such an appropriate technology for my "outboard >> brain." >> >> Right now (i mean today: tomorrow may be different!), i'm spending 90% of >> my TW time between two different instances: one mainly about learning the >> tech that is chock-full of plugins (including a few of yours, Mohammad) >> whose sidebar is ever-changing, and a newer one based on Soren's >> Zettelkasten >> <https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWZBUlZOdHp4UXpDbkdNMmZCRzZSRWdwRnIzd3xBQ3Jtc0trVFE1cUlfYkljVENpRkRVQWsyNWRWOVpYdXlEblFZcXRYVWNaNHVGY1hQOWZjNDZMa3RLY0ROVkxqRW05ZWVlcFB2ek1keTNGMEVPcEl4RjZyTWEyaEp5dld0YXRhS1R3Z2w5RHQ3b0toLTVRQUVyaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fzettelkasten.sorenbjornstad.com> >> that has a powerful structure, evolved by SB over a year of heavy use it >> seems, that i am determined not to mess with until i really understand it. >> >> Regarding the latter: beyond the standard elements, its sidebar has a >> "Write" tab that includes a set of sub-tabs representing distinct steps in >> the idea-processing workflow, whereby each tab presents a list of tiddlers >> at a certain stage of completion. This system has affordances for >> distinguishing between Private and Public content, so one can easily filter >> out the subset for pushing into Public space (a github repo, in my case: >> still an almost empty shell, as i'm still working mostly in Private/ >> desktop space), using the Advanced Search widget -that being the most >> essential feature of TW Sidebar in all instances for me. >> >> Regarding the former instance above: It's complicated... But two most >> interesting features that i'm using intensively right now are: >> >> 1. Charlie's "Kiosk Gadget >> >> <https://tiddlywiki-programming.neocities.org/CJ_TiddlyWikiProgramming.html>" >> , which works like an embedded browser of certain content that i'm having >> to refer to constantly -right now it's a certain set of Wikipedia >> articles, >> documentation from TW.com, and TW-Scripts finder in Kookma's github repo >> (am just starting to scratch the surface of latter, Mohammad, but that's a >> goldmine you've got there!). The other is >> 2. Dave's Customizer plugin >> <https://giffmex.org/gifts/Customizer/customizer.html> , which >> delivers the ultimate in mutability to both the sidebar and the view >> template for tiddlers. Using this plugin (accessed via a tiny dropdown >> arrow in topLH corner of browser, which opens a LH menu only when you need >> it) i can turn the default sidebar (which now includes a "Refs" tab for >> [1] >> above) on or off, and also a stack of sidebar add-ons that can be >> (de)activated/ reordered to taste. Mine currently includes (a) "Book >> Tools" -a handy little set of affordances for quickly capturing key info >> about resources and Glossary & Bibliography-building; and (b) Advanced >> Search. >> >> The other element of TW Sidebar, essential in all instances i would say, >> is the Toolbar strip, whose set of featured icons is still changing pretty >> often in my case, as i'm still not sure which ones i use most often (if i >> could put a click-counter on these tools, then i could apply some >> productivity science here :-), but i'm not so bothered about this, since i >> can always access a hidden tool via the "Tools" tab in default sidebar >> (again: these mutable structures really rock!). >> >> /walt >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 7:53:45 AM UTC+1 Mohammad wrote: >> >>> The sidebar is oen the most powerful designs of Tiddlywiki, always >>> underestimated and people look for a left sidebar (like other common web >>> pages where they are mostly used for menus or ads) or hiding it? >>> >>> So lets share your experiences, >>> >>> >>> - how do you use the right sidebar (do you see it at all?) >>> - what do you like to see on the sight sidebar? >>> - can you give some online examples of TW right sidebar? >>> >>> >>> >>> Best wishes >>> Mohammad >>> >> -- > 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/b03d7e68-f836-49e3-8776-31920f3850d7n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b03d7e68-f836-49e3-8776-31920f3850d7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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