Hi Alec, The easiest way is to download and install the version of Squeak that is for your OS, and then look around a bit for a Project to go into and return from a Project. The effect is named for an iris of a camera, which functions the same way as the iris in your eyes—to admit more or less light depending on the ambient brightness.
Iris wipes were used a lot in silent movies, e.g. by Charlie Chaplin. However, in the case of Squeak or what I am suggesting, the hole that reveals a new scene (from the center outwards) simply replaces the present scene with the new one, which you see as an outward-moving circle. in perhaps 1 to 2 seconds, or, if returning to a previous scene, the direction of the wipe is from the outside of the frame toward the middle. Chaplin often ended his films with an iris in—the hole starts outside the present scene and moved inwards to Chaplin, so he ends up in a little circle, surrounded by black, and then the circle finally closes so the who screen is black, perhaps then going to the credits. Squeak is worth looking at anyway, so I recommend looking at it as the best way of explaining the effect. Nick On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Alec Perkey <[email protected]> wrote: > The visual effect is just a circle wipe (in TV terminology), centered on >> the icon representing the project starting with a small round (or shaped) >> hole which moves outwards, towards the edges of the TW window, revealing >> the content of the new context. The apparent effect is diving down a rabbit >> hole into a new context or world. > > > @Nicholas, Could you link to an example of what you're talking about -- > sounds trippy > > > > On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 1:55:01 PM UTC+1, Nicholas Spies wrote: >> >> Hi Tobias, >> >> Sorry for the delayed response: I was on holiday without email until last >> night, so just got your message. >> >> It is true I tend to use TiddlyDesktop, and I agree that a simple, >> intuitive cross-linking between wikis would achieve the same functionality >> of Squeak-like Projects. I can also see the advantage of not overloading >> each wiki with different styles, etc. >> >> The only thing that would seem to be lacking would be some sort of >> "overview" of available projects, either equivalent to the Desktop paradigm >> used on the Mac and many window managers in Linux, or the approach used in >> Emacs, with its dired ('directory editor') command/mode. My point is that >> it would be nicer to stay within TiddlyWiki and not have to pop out to the >> OS level to switch from one wiki to another. IMO this would encourage >> better "housekeeping" or "factoring" of wikis, and perhaps provide for >> searching among a collection of wikis that have different primary functions >> (journals vs. notes vs. bibliographies, etc). >> >> Thanks for your helpful suggestions! >> >> --Nick >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Tobias Beer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Nicholas, >>> >>> I imagine those "Projects" to be more like different wikis in an >>> environment like TiddlyDesktop or simply wikis in the same folder. >>> One interesting aspect would then be a (perhaps simplified) >>> cross-linking between wikis. >>> >>> I don't much fancy overloading individual wikis with customizability, >>> e.g. different themes or views. >>> Chances are, that if you want different views, you actually want >>> different wikis. >>> >>> Best wishes, Tobias. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
