I understand and fully appreciate what you're saying. The lock-in factor with Apple is very big and hard to walk away from.
On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 4:13:05 PM UTC-7, TonyM wrote: > > David, > > With all due respect I think your solution ideas would be much easier on > an Android device. The elephant in the room is Apples propriety approach > and how creative solutions are often restricted unless apple has a product > of their own. It belies their messaging that says they lead, are simple to > use, they are creative solutions providers, when so much of what they do is > stop third party innovations in a number of areas making the iPhone look > good when the innovation is delivered by them, because they hold the > propriety keys and no one else can deliver some innovations on apple > products. > > In Contrast my LG V20 Phone can take SD cards greater than 128GB, can > access an OTG usb drive out of the box and a lot more. > > Just a little grumble, and something I, you, we, cant change soon. > > Regards > Tony > > On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 9:18:35 AM UTC+11, David Masterson wrote: >> >> 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]> 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]. >>> 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/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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