MJM, I stuck with TWC for some time, in fact still maintain my years old TWC in TiddlyDesktop, however there came a time I wanted to explore new possibilities and just started to learn TW5 as a side hobby, however once I had a more basic understanding of TW5 I started to use it more and jumped to a new "core" tiddlywiki built by me based on TW5 a few weeks ago.
You could say we can "Walk and Chew gum at the same time" and I would always suggest "no need for change for changes sake", nor would I say you should remain in comfortable ignorance when new opportunities are out their for the adventurous. In my view the new version and supporting plugins, servers and savers open a number of substantial areas to TiddlyWiki including mobile first, multi-user, online hosting and much more so I do not regret my move, only that it it took more time than necessary, but TW5 is starting to reach a higher maturity level now. Internally TiddlyWiki also has a number of improvements over TWC, especially in the use of custom fields, visualisation maths and more. Regards Tony On Friday, 2 November 2018 04:17:06 UTC+11, MJM wrote: > > Thanks Josiah! Looks like I can safely stay put then. Since I only use > it to keep track of my own notes I don't have to worry about impacting > anyone. And I don't use plugins either. > > Because of the browser issues in the past, I use nwjs to launch my > TiddlyWiki on the desktop. So that isn't a concern either. > > MJM > > > > On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 4:44:56 AM UTC-4, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >> MJM asked: >> Exactly *WHY* should I upgrade or migrate from Classic to 5! >> >> IF you have it working as you want it there is NO reason to "upgrade." >> Why? >> >> UPSIDE to staying with it ... >> >> 1. Its not an "upgrade," its largely a new system you would have to >> learn. Why do that work IF what you have already satisfies you? >> 2. A key point about TiddlyWiki architecture is its designed for the >> Long Term--its standards complaint so "older" Classic wiki should >> continue >> to work for years to come. >> 3. Classic code is still maintained and improved. See >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tiddlywikiclassic. >> 4. The recent BROWSER problems with saving TW are a PITA but there >> are options that support Classic, so seamless saving is not dead. >> >> One DOWNSIDE ... >> >> >> 1. ONE issue, no one explicitly mentioned, is that innovation with >> new ways using Classic (plugins etc) are thin on the ground. This is >> because the active user-base is twindling. >> >> I conclude: IF you have all you need already don't bother with TW5. >> >> >> 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/cce7d576-82ee-4315-ac89-b6d50e428159%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
