Hey Roma, It sounds like you've got a strong vision here, and I'm definitely rooting for you! I also wanted to put my voice in the ring for a "mostly strict GTD with optional plugins" approach.
The big reason I support this is because it gives people choice, while making it easy to isolate only the functionality that they want. For example, I know that I personally use an earlier version of dGSD, because it was much simpler than the current version. I loved the early improvements, but some of the later ones were just not as useful to me (although they make others' lives far easier!). So even though David has also fixed many bugs in the core functionality lately, I don't benefit from them because I don't want to deal with removing all the additional stuff. I'm hearing that TW5 has a much stronger and easier ability to interact with plugins, and if that's the case then it will also be much easier to build an ecosystem of independent plugins, making it totally simple for people to have a core GSD/Briefcase implementation, plus all david's cool improvements like contact managers, library tracking, and even email integration(!!). That sort of vision of an expandable GTD system that lets each user choose what they want, is what makes us get all giddy about TW5. Look forward to seeing how you make progress on this. And if you're looking for input or help on GTD specific functionality, feel free to come ask over in the GTD tiddlywiki: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tiddlywiki-gtd . We're not quite so active lately, but partly that's because there has been a slowdown in work on twgtd tools. In particular, no one has yet made any attempts at actually doing a true TW5 port! You might just change things... :) ~ Seann On Friday, September 19, 2014 4:14:50 PM UTC+2, Roma Hicks wrote: > > Thanks all for the comments. > > Jim, Alfonso, Daniel, I totally agree about the strict GTD model, that is > my intention. I probably will hit the book again some this weekend and > clarify ideas and concepts more so. > > The Briefcase/core plugin is intended to be, in the future, expandable > with plugins (and customizable without too much coding). The original > thought is Briefcase/core plugin is the very basic action/project framework > and the user could add more features to fill out their TW5-GTD experience. > > In fact the tickler function of the current build was originally meant as > a feature-adding plugin. I tossed ticklers in with the Briefcase/core > plugin to fill out my working concept to share. At this point I have not > decided on a Briefcase/xxx plugin loading method. > > I also plan on utilizing the Control Panel more so in the future to make > the plugin more customisable for the user and fit their work habits. > > Danielo, I agree the actions do not have a context, I am interested in > that possibly being a preference feature. The GTD model as described by > David Allen, I interpreted as no action is given a precedence over another, > all actions are important. I felt the lack of context instead presents the > user with, 'These are the tasks/actions that need to be done' without bias > or perceived importance, but I am interested in providing that concept as a > option. > > David, I will be interested in your input and contributions. > > * I hope by Sunday evening, here in the US, I will stop and get my Fossil > repo on Github, and then everyone can make tickets, requests, contribute or > even fork. I am currently living between two cities a few hours apart by > automobile, it is a bit tiring. > > > > > On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 2:48:52 PM UTC-5, Roma Hicks wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> For those familiar and use the mGSD <http://mgsd.tiddlyspot.com/#mGSD> tool, >> you probably have run into spotty usage with the dropping of NPAPI >> and consequently Java on some platforms, this led to the inability to save >> changes and the inability to use mGSD! Nooo! >> >> So over the course of a few weeks, I slowly hacked together a mGSD-like >> tool. It is not as feature packed, but the general workflow is there and I >> did my best to distill the features I used the most (and hopefully others >> as well). I packaged the plugin and called it Briefcase, I have been using >> it for a week as-is, both personally and professionally. >> >> Briefcase features: >> >> - Realms >> - Projects >> - make actions associated with a project >> - Actions (Tasks) >> - create dependant actions >> - Ticklers (Reminders) >> - References >> - Contacts >> - delegated actions >> - Several Dashboards for Management >> >> When developing any of my hobby software, I usually use Fossil SCM >> <http://www.fossil-scm.org/>. The source can be accessed at >> https://chiselapp.com/user/roma0104/repository/TW5-Briefcase/ but I will >> port the repository to Git and post on GitHub as soon as I get a chance. I >> will also get to cleaning the code and meeting more of TiddlyWiki's style >> guidelines soon. There is one build note you can find on the example page. >> >> >> Built in to Briefcase are two other plugins that might be of interest, >> though equally as rough. In the example Briefcase, I built the two other >> plugins outside of the Briefcase plugin, just drag and drop to you TW5 to >> use. Sources <http://chiselapp.com/user/roma0104/> >> >> - DatePicker <http://romahicks.com/example.html#DatePicker> >> - DateFilter <http://romahicks.com/example.html#DateFilter> >> >> >> Currently, I have only tested the plugin with 5.0.16. >> >> See the example Briefcase plugin in action >> <http://romahicks.com/example.html> >> Download an empty Briefcase <http://romahicks.com/briefcase.html> (TW5 >> 5.0.16-beta) >> >> I know there was some mild interest in such a tool from others, so please >> use if you wish to do so. I probably won't update any bugs or features >> until the imminent emergence of TW5 from beta. Thanks! >> >> > -- 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. 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