I thought I would add a couple of points to this discussion: 1. I understand that Dropbox breaks files up into blocks of about 4MB and only synchronises blocks that have changed. This should mean that the sync time will not get much worse after the 4MB file size is reached.
2. I set up a note-taking tiddlywiki for a medical student and it grew to about 35MB. This was synchronised with Dropbox across a laptop, an iPad and a phone and, surprisingly, worked quite well on all devices, although most editing was carried out on the laptop. This gives me some comfort that my own TW journal will be usable for some time to come. Regards, Mal On Thursday, 20 August 2015 01:51:32 UTC+10, G.J.Robert wrote: > > Thank God it's 2.7MB, not 2.7GB. I just thought my 22MB TiddlySpace space > was so easily out-sized. > Big TWC files do function okay, but save and load slowly. Hopefully > someday TW5 can save them. > > RickL於 2015年8月2日星期日 UTC+8上午6時55分25秒寫道： >> >> Yes, of course it is 2.7 MB - sorry for that...don't know what I was >> thinking. >> I have read a bit more on the forums and see there are others with much >> larger TW than that which seem to function OK... >> >> >> On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 6:23:29 PM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> Are you sure that it's 2.7 GB? Not maybe 2.7 Mb? that's an astounding >>> amount of information. It's hard to imagine that you're experiencing only a >>> little lag saving/loading. I can't think how you could have acquired that >>> much data -- unless you're loading it up with images. If so, then the >>> solution is to make the images external to the actual TW. >>> >>> There's no relational database behind TW. Indexed or relational >>> databases are usually necessary for dealing with large amounts of data. >>> That means that TW will always hit an impasse based primarily on the power >>> of the hardware that supports it. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 2:30:18 PM UTC-7, RickL wrote: >>>> >>>> I love TiddlyWiki and have used it daily for almost a year. I began in >>>> January to make my journal and notebook digital instead of a paper >>>> notebook. I love the flexibility and the linking of topics. The closest >>>> thing I have found that works. >>>> >>>> My concern is with true longevity. Though I have several TiddlyWikis, >>>> my main notebook (Common-place book, Zettelkasten, call it what you will - >>>> that's how I use it) is 2.7 GB and I have started noticing a lag in saving >>>> and loading, particularly on my phone (I use AndTidWiki and Dropbox with >>>> my >>>> Android phone). At this rate of growth I worry about how useful it will >>>> be >>>> in 3 years. I use it with Chrome and Arlen's TiddlyChrome. >>>> >>>> There is the option to split the TiddlyWiki into two or more, but that >>>> takes away a lot of the functionality with no way to link between files. >>>> >>>> Every release amazes me with the new tools available. I know this >>>> product is just out of beta and under constant development so I hope there >>>> can be a way to address this. Maybe the solution is already out there and >>>> I don't know about it. >>>> >>>> Keep up the great work! >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Rick >>>> >>> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/19e7edd9-3e97-49a7-8b05-321576b415e7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
