Hi Mat

I'm not sure if it's what you're really driving, but there is an
outstanding bug that is badly affecting the speed of TW5 under certain
conditions:

https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/206

Your words about the difficulties of navigating title, tags and tiddlers
are fair comment, but I don't think TW is claiming to be the quickest way
to commit notes to a computer; that would always, always be a matter of
typing into one big free text field, such as a text editor. I'd entirely
agree that the organisational process gets in the way of note keeping.

But TiddlyWiki isn't intended just to be a quick chute down which to throw
your ideas at speed; it's about organising your ideas. And that requires
some investment. The hope is that TW(5) gets the balance right in terms of
the ease of getting things down in the first place versus the flexibility
needed to subsequently build and maintain a structure.

Anyhow, the comment is taken in good spirit: TW is what we make it, and it
will change and adapt in response to how you use it.

Best wishes

Jeremy




On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Mat <[email protected]> wrote:

> (Yes, I'm provoking you to read this).
>
> All forms of TW are too slow for comfortably using it as a notebook...
> which is ironic considering it is described explicitly as that: a notebook.
> Try using it for taking notes during a lecture or brainstorm or just any
> activity that demands many tiddlers, and you'll see. Not talking typing
> speed. It's the:
>
> mouse over to "new tiddler" button
> click
> (often go back with mouse),
> type title, text, tags (including switching between the three fields be it
> via tab or mouse),
> go up with mouse to click finished
> then again for next tiddler
>
> Many steps. And yes, I'm sure you have one or two tricks to speed up this.
> Fast keys and stuff. Too many steps anyway - for a notebook. If you're
> working with *any *topic that requires many tiddlers then *TW actually
> hinders you*. It demands your attention. Making a note in TWx is more
> like bringing out the paper and pen from the desk drawer... for each new
> note. Maybe TW is more "a reusable non-linear personal web *Rolodex*!" (A
> success story much more known an popular than TW so I do not mean it as an
> insult in any way.)
>
> I absolutely love TW. I'm just pointing out an IMO fundamental flaw now
> that TW5 is forming. And if TW5 is to be mobile friendly then this is
> definitely...
>
>
> <:-)
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>



-- 
Jeremy Ruston
mailto:[email protected]

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

Reply via email to