> > And why the need for swearing, bold, caps and hyperbole? > Yes, I agree. The swearing's new (and very unwelcome) and the rest is tiresome and annoying.
On Thursday, 13 April 2017 02:36:04 UTC+1, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > thanks for you view. I appreciate it. > > J. > > On Thursday, 13 April 2017 03:21:56 UTC+2, RichardWilliamSmith wrote: >> >> Who are you talking to? And why the need for swearing, bold, caps and >> hyperbole? >> >> The community here has always been happy to try and help anyone who has >> problems with their wikis, whatever the cause of the issue, and it would be >> a shame if anyone were dissuaded from seeking assistance. >> >> People have different levels of skill and have different understanding >> and expectations of how the software will behave. >> >> Of course it's easy to back up one's work. It's also easy to run the node >> server and obviate the need for any in-browser saving mechanism, but some >> people still seem to prefer the single-file configuration, despite the >> increasing difficulty of supporting the Tiddlyfox extension. >> >> IMO you should try to make the title of any threads that you create >> relevant to the topic - "Why you should backup your work" for example. >> >> You should also aim to provide useful information for people. For >> example, you could describe exactly how you have set up your backup >> mechanism including details of which OS and tools you are using, where the >> backups are created and what failure-mode you are protecting against. >> >> Personally, I have yet to lose data from Tiddlywiki other than through my >> own mistakes and I have used it daily for ~5 years. I keep off-site copies >> of my wikis by storing them in iCloud (I use a mac) and I have time-machine >> enabled on a disk attached to my airport, but I've never needed to use it. >> >> If I'm working on some kind of tweek to TW itself that I know might lead >> to me breaking the wiki (changing the UI, for example, or working with big >> lists) I will always do the technical work in a copy of the wiki or by >> running the server edition. >> >> Regards, >> Richard >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/31efccbc-456e-4e98-8143-850a6453c2b4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
