Ciao RichardWS RichardWilliamSmith wrote: > > ... I think there is too much clutter and confusion on the homepage at > present and the text that greets first-time users doesn't do a good enough > job of explaining what Tiddlywiki is and why it might be useful. >
Right. RichardWilliamSmith also wrote: the current situation of having 17 (!) different available saving mechanisms listed on the main page and expecting people to somehow know what's going on. I agree. IMO, TiddlyWiki is Blessed/Cursed by its flexibility. On the one hand, once you get some footing with it, its an ever expanding horizon of ways ahead. On the other hand, it can be an off-putting mess for being able to find a simple way to just start. I think this partly reflects love of the great DIY routes to TW. BUT I think we sell many potential users short by giving more options than many a starter can cope with. Its not anyone's fault. This situation was not planned. But the complexity of entry is, I think, too much. I often wonder if whether TW uptake would improve if we had ONE saving method (or the practically closest to that). Surely the real point is writing Tiddlers, not having to obsess over saving methods? I am simply, I think, of the view that most potential users probably neither need multiple routes nor have interest in them. And my guess is pitching TW as a more "click & go" mechanism with the LEAST NO OF STEPS to get started would improve uptake. In some previous posts @Jermolene has referred to one possible future for TW for "starting users" might be an online service that deals with all the complexity on saving for the basic user. In an increasingly "cloud" world that might have merit too. Just thoughts. 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. 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/b29163dc-3609-482d-b3ad-c88f671b0fb6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
