I would add to the idea of formed applications, another layer of self contained modules, as is often the outcome of a specific plugin rather than an whole edition.
I plan to build something I call object tiddlers, and hope to create lego blocks rather than provide a lego kit for the "millennium falcon", I want to provide engines, landing gear and "nuclear power piles". So you build your spaceship, not simply ask questions or follow instructions. Editions and modules, or self contained plugins are the building blocks for a newby. By the time they get to ask questions in the existing group they may already know how to answer the question them-self. We need to watch the ever present possibility of people loosing interest, too few people have the patience I have after 30 years of wrestling with Information Technology. It would be sad to find ourselves attracting and engaging people, for them to only give up because they hit too many barriers. We need to make it possible for people to build usable spaceships before they give up. Regards Tony On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 23:05:21 UTC+10, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > Ciao c pa > > I wrote ... > >> >>START a TiddlyWikiNewbie that contains ONLY info for beginners >> > > c pa replied: > >> Because TiddlyWiki is such a complex and functional product, making a >> distinction between newbie and "not newbie" questions is very hard ... >> > > I agree IF the newbie is a "customiser". Then they are on the road to > becoming a DIY addict like US--and need to go through the hell of it. > > *I was thinking more* that most "newbies" are just looking for an ALREADY > MADE SOLUTION. > > I think its the weakest area of TiddlyWiki is that the main thing we > communicate to people is: "its wonderful BUT complicated". > > How about, instead? "HERE IS THE SCREENPLAY MAKER" & "THERE IS THE > BRILLIANT GTD SYSTEM"? > > I think there is a *BIG need for a Newbie Section* to deliver FORMED > APPLICATIONS. I think we are alienating users as we currently do it. Just > MO. > > Best wishes > Josiah > -- 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/4a80c2cc-b0d3-4d34-a669-6578d7ad2574%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
