They are used by modals created using the tm-modal message. If there is anywhere else that they are used I am not aware of them.
I am not sure if there is anywhere that actually describes what they do on tiddlywiki.com footer is the content that is displayed at the bottom of the modal and subtitle is what is displayed at the top. The footer content is wikified, I am not sure if the subtitle content is or not. -- 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/81371024-0a6e-4607-ba76-bf8fa83900b6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.