I'm a new user and just want to say the docs on tiddlywiki.com are really helpful. I'm a bit of a techie though...
On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 5:37:30 PM UTC-4, bimlas wrote: > > I've been using TiddlyWiki for about 3 months, but I've seen the mailing > list many times, "Why is there a small number of Tiddly users, even though > it's better/more flexible than other wikis?" I think the main problem is > that new users feel lost in trying out https://tiddlywiki.com/empty.html > > When they write a new note, it appears in the Open sidebar, but as soon as > they are closing it, the note disappearing from the list, so they think > they have deleted their note, they do not know they can access it in the > Recent sidebar. > > Let's assume that the user goes through the first barrier and finds that > he can find his notes using the Recent sidebar and the search box. He wants > to organize his notes in order to find them easier. Because he has used a > note-taking program before, so he thinks he can use tags. As a test, he > adds a tag to the note, then clicks on it and sees that the current note is > listed. He is happy about it, but he misses the list of tags because they > are not visible by default, he must look for it. > > Our man is very clever, he finds the Tools -> Tag Manager list and the > More -> Tags sidebar, so he can use the wiki quite effectively. He thinks > he wants to write a book from his notes, so he wants to sort them into a > hierarchical system (table of contents). Since he not finds option / help > in his own wiki, he must search the web for the answer. He finds the answer > on > https://tiddlywiki.com/#Adding%20a%20table%20of%20contents%20to%20the%20sidebar > > and can create a table of contents, but faces the fact that TiddlyWiki has > to be "hacked" to reach its goals. If our man is a programmer / scientist, > he's probably glad that TiddlyWiki is very open to modification, but if he > is a simple user, then that fact can be scare of it. > > In my opinion, what is missing from TiddlyWiki is that navigation is more > like general wiki (by default): > > Sidebars to add: > > - Include a default table of contents > - Show More -> Tags as a regular sidebar > > Sidebars to remove: > > - Open is rarelly used in my opinion (at least among ordinary users) > - Move "Tools" to the "More" sidebar (where Tags was) > > Finally, there would be as many sidebars as before, but they would come to > the fore, which an average user (came from another wiki) uses more. > > (Very much thanks to @TiddlyTweeter for mentioning the use of Google > Translate!) > -- 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/255f58fb-06cf-4467-bf9b-08f13b706931%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
