Interesting possibility. My concern was potential size of the financial records over time chewing up significant space on the iPhones internal storage (daughter likes to fill storage with her self-produced videos). Use of a USB key can add to the storage significantly, but I'm not sure yet of that possibility. I have found at least one USB key (with SD card) that connects both to Windows/Mac and to iPhone lightning and supports HTML (among many others) files. Not sure what the extent of the support is, though.
Don't you think this would be use-case to partner with one or more companies to work on providing an off-the-shelf TiddlyWiki setup that works with their USB key to provide (virtually) unlimited and secure storage and application tools that works across all system types that support USB interfaces? I would think it would be a good way to get a big cash infusion without taking TiddlyWiki closed-source. On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 9:14:34 AM UTC-7, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > One possibility is to think of the iPhone(s) as being the USB keys: iOS > gives each app a sandboxed area of storage that is accessible if you plug > the device into iTunes via USB: you can see the files and drag and drop new > files into it. From the perspective of the PC, the device pretty much is a > USB stick. (Indeed I’ve often used my iPhones as a sneakernet file transfer > device just like that). > > So, an Internet-less strategy for distribution would be that you > periodically connect each device to your iTunes machine, pull out any > changes the user has made to the file, and update it with the freshest > version. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > On 12 Oct 2018, at 17:05, David Masterson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > The main reason is absolute and easy security. It is really simple to > give my (not too computer savvy) family a USB key to plug into their iPhone > when needed to access things like medical records. It would also be nice > if they could, in a controlled manner, update the information on the USB > key if they need to (like record that they went to a doctor's appointment > and what the results were). Everything would be neatly stored on the USB > key with no chance for a hacker to get to. I could make daily encrypted > backups of the USB key at home as well for safety. > > On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 4:41:54 PM UTC-7, TonyM wrote: >> >> David, >> >> Whilst reasons such as this have moved me away from the Apple eco system >> I believe you may be able to achieve the equivalent by other means. >> >> Perhaps you could share the requirements you have that prompted you to >> choose a USB drive as the way to deliver a TiddlyWiki to the iPhone. >> >> In many cases tiddlywiki will work offline because its effectively cached >> in the browser, or can be held on local disk. If you then want to save it >> or export changes to another location you can do so once on Internet, or >> LAN/Intranet. >> >> Personally I like having TiddlyWikis served by Node on my phone, so when >> on the home wifi I can access it from my desktop, at which point I can make >> extra backups etc... >> >> I think this can still be kept simple for users, but if you can voice >> your goals let us know and we can help. >> >> Regards >> Tony >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 11:03:59 AM UTC+11, David Masterson >> wrote: >>> >>> Still looking for information on whether TiddlyWiki can be used on a USB >>> Stick under iOS... >>> >>> My use case would be to setup a secure wiki for my family records on a >>> (somewhat) encrypted Wiki that is stored on the USB Stick. This Wiki would >>> need to be friendly and easy to use for my wife and daughter, so I would >>> expect that it would not be purely read-only. They might need to take >>> (controlled) notes on the information and create tasks based upon the >>> information that I would setup ways for them to do on the stick. The stick >>> provides the security that nothing gets out on the Internet unless they >>> want it to. They might access the stick via their (iOS) telephone or the >>> home Windows computer. Years ago, classic Tiddlywiki was a *GREAT* option >>> for this as the add-ons provided a lot of nice interfaces for building the >>> wiki and the wiki could save any information needed to the stick. >>> >>> Is it still an option with restrictions on saving? >>> >> > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > 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/1e297da0-b307-4e23-8083-ce8dbe978332%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1e297da0-b307-4e23-8083-ce8dbe978332%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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