Please check the new version of my SlideShowPlugin for TW2.5. It was completely rewritten and I think it may address some of your requirements.
Cheers, -- Paulo Soares On 7 mar, 21:10, rouilj <rou...@cs.umb.edu> wrote: > On Mar 2, 4:39 am, Saq Imtiaz <lew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey there, > > Hi. > > Sorry for the delayed reply. > > > That's quite a shopping list now isnt it? ;) > > I like the think so. You should have seen it before I cut out the > kitchen sink 8-). > > > The good news is that all what you've mentioned is possible. The bad > > news is that I don't think there are existing plugins that will cover > > all of your needs, so you will need to write some of the pieces. > > Yeah that's what I was afraid of. > > > I do have the writing of a presentation setup similar to what you are > > mentioning on my to-do list for the next version of the student and > > instructor notebooks, but I wont be working on it until later this > > year (July-August). > > Well my intended class is in November so this may work. > > > However, there might be bits and pieces of the > > current instructor notebook that you might find useful. It allows for > > multiple "presentations" by combining a "SlideShow" theme with > > multiple instances of the NavigationMacro. Using the TiddlerNotes > > plugin allows for notes on slides which are not visible when viewing > > as a SlideShow/presentation but are otherwise. > > Nice. I'll definately have a look. > > > The StudentNotebook on the other hand is much more > > mature:http://lewcid.org/2009/02/11/student-notebook-workflow-demo-and-scree... > > Yeah, I looked at that already. > > > Lastly, I am curious as to why you would prefer not have a server-side > > component for this? Having worked with this type of set up for over a > > year now, I've found that having some kind of server-side component in > > the middle vastly simplifies the user experience. If the issue is the > > ability/resources to deploy a server-side component we (UnaMesa) can > > probably help you with that. > > Three issues: > > 1) Setting up server side support in a corporate/government > environment may have too steep a curve. > Downloading a file and putting it on a cd to bring inside a > secured location is a more resonable requirement. > Distribution off a shared drive or vie email or sneaker net is > possible. > 2) Some of my users will be on networks without internet access, so > running a server on UnaMesa would be a > non-starter for them (but thanks for the offer). > 3) Some of the deployments are tailored to particular clients and > includes proprietary info again making a public > server undesirable. > > I can certainly see where having a server to support some tasks is a > win, but just trying to get tiddlywiki as a medium for > classwork is an uphill battle, although the saving in trees for > printed media is a selling point. > > > Cheers, > > Same to you. > > -- rouilj --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to TiddlyWiki@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
