OK. I finally became desperate enough to post here.
Background:
I'm a longtime TiddlyWiki user who started out with Classic long ago before
it was "Classic" and have moved on to TW5 for some time now. I won't bore
everyone with all of the things I like about TW; but, it being file based
with a simple markup and having easy Tiddler creation and being a
"Guerrilla Wiki" that I could put on an Apache server to publish one-way
content for my group at work are among the best things since apple pie...
Alas, file:// protocol seems dead; long live file protocol. It was great;
use it to author... put the file on a server and it is automatically
protected via http wonderful... FF with TiddlyFox to author, scp to the
server and use Chrome to view (most everyone at work uses Chrome).
With the imminent arrival of FF 57 I've been following the various threads
here and trying to discern a way forward. My immediate action both on my
work machines and at home was to turn automatic updates of FF off before my
authoring tool becomes caput. But that's temporary...
So what is the best course forward? Should I bite the bullet and learn
scary Node or try to keep it simple and find a way to save files without
going insane with browsers that are intent on making themselves pains in
the you know what. I see a few threads that suggest there may be a way
forward for us file users but I'm wondering what to do for the next few
months and then I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and move to
Node.
So Use Case 1 (work):
Use FF file:// to author content, scp to an Apache server, company sees the
content via http.
So Use Case 2 (personal):
Ideally create an multi-user authoring solution that would allow users (and
myself) to author content that I could deploy at my own URL via a hosting
service. The idea here is to "write" a collaborative piece of fiction with
potentially many disparate paths... the ultimate interactive story
experience essentially.
Alternatives to Use Case 1, just accept that Google Docs and Wordpress have
won the day at work and stop making things hard for myself.
Alternatives to Use Case 2, just write my novel in Word (OK OpenOffice) and
die an agonizing slow death. ;-)
Looking for guidance... point me in a direction or two and then I'll go
away for another decade.
Thanks.
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