So maybe I should just stop working on TW5 if it's not what people want? Best wishes
Jeremy On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Arc Acorn <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to +1 the idea as well. > > > Though I do wonder given how different TW5 is from TWc if really it > wouldn't be better to rename it. (It is after all still early on in > it's development and many programs start out with code names and than move > on to their real names when they leave the early stages and start coming > into their own.) > I see PMario's points, though at the same time I find myself wondering why > something that is really not an upgrade nor replacement to it's predecessor > is carrying on it's name. Just from the people I know in the real world who > don't track this group but use TWc due to me giving them copies, when I > first bring up TW5 I'm often meet with a lot of excitement because they > think "TidilyWiki" the program they knew and love is getting a major > update, and than as they learn more about and get a chance to use it they > get rather depressed since for many of them the foreseeable TW5 won't be > able to replace TWc for a long time, if ever. > > With that I think having such different programs with the same name is > hurting the brand and may even be hurting TW5 itself as people go into it > with expectations that are not going to be meet. To give an analogy I'd say > it's like walking into a brand new department store building expecting a > department store and instead you find yourself in a grocery store. Which to > me seems like a bad thing in a lot of ways because in my experience people > than get depressed or some even feel betrayed that it's not what they > thought or was lead to believe it was and than simply walk away with > no intention of ever giving it a chance. Whereas if it was something > entirely new they would be more willing to look at it as something new and > think of ways to use it rather than disregarding it as false advertising. > > Anyway that's just me 2ยข which in the modern day you can't even buy a > gumball for that so it can't be worth much. XD > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
