Thanks for all the interesting answers, and good suggestions. Just a few clarifications:
> (TW.com had 1001 errors when I ran it through the W3C validator out of curiosity!) It's not quite as bad as it sounds; almost all of those errors are from a single cause: the use of non-standard attributes on the DIVs in the store area of the HTML file. > It still irritates me greatly that the group is not divided properly between TWC and TW5. At the very least it has driven me away from using the group regularly, and nearly driven me away from the community entirely. Arc has spoken about his antipathy for TiddlyWiki5 before. It's sad; we're a small enough community as it is without fracturing over these things. What do others think? > (did extensive internet research on them; Jeremy's bio and the photo of the "Mexican" with his family convinced me). Photo of the Mexican? I'm not sure what that was. But glad I passed the test! Best wishes Jeremy. On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Neil Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. What were you looking for when you first found Tiddlywiki? > > My system of organising all my to-do's had got out of hand, and I > discovered GTD as a possible way of tacking this. Part of the solution > required a more efficient and unified way to store notes and general > information for later reference. I had previously used Springpad a bit and > my first thought was to use this more extensively. This was early this > year, so when I went to the Springpad site, I discovered it was closing > down. Fortunately I wasn't too heavily invested in it, but it increased my > resolve to find a system that couldn't be taken away from me. No > dependence on a website controlled by someone else; no proprietary file > formats that I can't extract data from by other means if necessary (I had > previously been bitten by Repligo too - no way to get those files back into > a useful form). I should say that I am also generally wary of Cloud > storage. Fine as a backup or for synchronisation, but I would never > consider it as my only repositary for information or a place to put very > sensitive information. > > My search lead me to investigate wikis, but most of them had limitations: > no graphic support; unintuitive interface; not usable on a smartphone. > With reservations, I identified TW as something that could potentially meet > my needs. > > 2. Was there anything about the program, the eco-system, whatever, that > frustrated you nearly to the point of giving up on it? > > The first thing that put me off was the choice between the mature, but > rather ugly and outdated TWC, or the clearly immature TW5 beta. Finding > that TW5 could already do much of what I needed to get started, and the > prospect of more to come persuaded me to give it a try. > > Secondly, I have been a bit frustrated by the slightly clunky process for > capturing and clipping data from the web: mostly cutting and pasting URLs > and typing them into a piece of WikiText - much harder than on the likes of > Springpad/Evernote ,etc. The recent TiddlyClip plugin should have helped, > but it's still a bit unintuitive, so I haven't used it much. Also, to free > myself of reference to information on the internet that could be removed, I > would ideally like to be able to capture the data to my hard drive and > create a reference to that, in a seamless way (might be a big ask for now). > > Thirdly, the thing that continues to frustrate is that the system of > filters and macros and widgets is very difficult to learn (and I have > learned a few programming languages in my time, though I'm no developer). > Not just because of the deficiencies in the documentation, but also because > it doesn't seem to do anything in ways that are familiar from any other > environment I have encountered (it took me ages to figure out that the list > widget was essentially a 'for' loop). > > 3. What made you stick with the program? > > Initially because notwithstanding the limitations of TW and of my ability > to use many of its features, I was able to immediately use it for the basic > function of capturing and synchronising information as I encountered it. > > Secondly, I have gradually found more things that I can use TW for (I > currently have 4 TWs that I am working on to various degrees: my main > idea/notes collection TW, a recipe TW, a GTD TW, and a website for a music > group I play with, incorporating our extensive catalogue of music with > advanced searching capability (hopefully!)). > > Finally, because of the rapid pace of development, I have become a bit > hooked to following the groups and even the hangout recordings, eagerly > watching for new things or helpful explanations that I can use. > > > Sorry for rambling! > > Neil. > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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