Hi David
> > When there's tension, TiddlyWiki tries to remember that it's a tool for > users, not a tool for developers. > > For someone who harbors a love for HyperCard, this statement raises an > eyebrow. The original intent of HyperCard was to significantly blur that > distinction, and as we know the HC community provided astonishingly > enthusiastic support for doing just that. > > I have no data to back this up... but... considering the conceptual > barriers to even understanding what TW is, how to install it, learning to > write in markup language, and comprehending concepts like 'transclusion', > 'macro', etc, I question whether there are any TW 'users', but rather > *only* 'developers'. > > Ease of development *is* ease of use. Isn't it? > Good points. I was trying to say that conventional software developers already have a panoply of tools at their disposal, and that they are not the audience for TiddlyWiki. There's always some pressure to extend and adapt TW to make it more like a developer tool - the more advanced users crave the same freedoms and capabilities as general purpose webdev tools. But, one of the things that has indeed proved to be special about TiddlyWiki is that it lowers the barriers to creating custom applications so that almost anyone can do it -- the critical point being that one doesn't need a server to deploy them. (In fact, I believe that managing ones own server is a much bigger barrier to participation on the web than learning to code). It's also more accessible - for instance, one can benefit from the fact that TiddlyWiki incorporates an MVC engine without having to know that it has one. Maybe we need a new word for this new activity that mixes writing with fabricating the interactive context in which it is intended to be read... Best wishes Jeremy -- 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.
