This is an open ended question that I'd like to understand from different people's perspectives.
In TiddlyWiki it's primary purpose seems to be updating / configuring / upgrading the TiddlyWiki. In TiddlySpace we have used it to get consistency across TiddlyWiki's which differ greatly in design/functionality and to act as a fallback to access Tiddly[Wiki/Space]'s core functions such as saving, creating new content and managing members of spaces when a user may have disabled them in the UI or have an unusable theme. The one thing that is common with both TiddlyWiki and TiddlySpace, is the use of the backstage is completely optional. I for one tend to go there infrequently (especially in TiddlyWiki) - the tool can be used without it. This weekend and today I have been experimenting with new themes and in particular I explored putting the new tiddler, permaview and close all buttons in the backstage (see http://backstage.tiddlyspace.com/). My main motivation for doing this was so that the new tiddler button was readily available, and I didn't have to scroll to the top of the page to click it. Another advantage is that to non-TiddlyWiki users, the new tiddler, permaview and close all buttons are meaningless and concepts they must understand and use. Hiding it in the backstage, hides away these concepts with other complicated concepts such as inclusion, members and tweaking a Tiddly[Wiki/Space]. As a result it feels more like a traditional website rather than something different that looks too complicated to use. The emphasis is then put on reading the content in the TiddlyWiki. The downside of putting these buttons here is the height of the backstage increases, it is a bit more overwhelming and it also seems to extend the original remit of the backstage. So really I'm just interested in people's thoughts on this. Am I a lunatic to even think of putting the buttons up there or do you think I'm on to something? Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
