Thanks Walt! TiddlyTweeter, I haven't yet run across that term in my library. Thanks for the link!
On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 5:24:45 AM UTC-5 ludwa6 wrote: > Better already, David, IMO; if one cannot have ubiquitous nav-bar, then > that "Home" icon is the next best thing. I for one would sooner see it > right in the top LH corner, because on my desktop wide screen, it's WAAY > off in right field, and moreover kinda small... But then your placement may > well be preferable for people on mobile, which might even be your most > common UseCase, i dunno. > Anyway: a great resource as it stands, from which i've learned a good few > things already, having only scratched the surface. Long may it live! > /walt > > On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 1:13:17 PM UTC+1 David Gifford wrote: > >> Thanks Walt, >> >> I am not deadset on hiding TiddlyWiki-ness from users. I just wanted to >> maximize space by hiding the sidebar, with the additional advantage that >> people using mobile would not see the sidebar first. I don't like that >> aspect of default mobile view. >> >> That is helpful feedback, keep it coming! >> >> I have to administer a final exam today, but after that I will add simple >> instructions in the instructions tiddler: "This is one file, so don't use >> your browser's back button. Close tiddlers with the X at the top right of >> the tiddler." Maybe I will add a home button somewhere and add an >> instruction about that, too. >> >> On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 5:23:29 AM UTC-5 ludwa6 wrote: >> >>> That is one remarkable work of curation you've done, David; Congrats! >>> and Thanks for sharing. >>> >>> One question i have, about the form of presentation: is it your >>> intention to make the User eXperience of this resource seem as much as >>> possible like a typical website, hiding the idiosyncrasies of TiddlyWiki? >>> >>> So it seemed to me at first, and though i saw the little icon in top RH >>> corner of screen to open the sidebar (and that only because i'm a bit >>> familiar w/ your UI design style :-), i tried to live w/in confines of the >>> horizontal navigation menu bar. But then when it disappeared after a mere >>> 2 clicks ( from "Sources" tab to one item in the list), and i was faced >>> with just a long list of sources and a simple filter widget, i did what i >>> think a typical user might do, and hit my browser back button... Which as >>> we all know does not deliver the expected result, here in TiddlyWikiWorld. >>> >>> Not to nitpick over UI details about a work that is as you say not yet >>> finished, i ask this more fundamental question about UX, because i think >>> it's an important question for all those of us in this community who aim to >>> deploy online works that should be usable for people who may not have prior >>> experience with TW. >>> >>> What i'd like to do for such TW-naive users is give a bit of guidance >>> right up front about what's different here (i.e. forget about your browser >>> navigation tools, and open the sidebar -or ToC, ideally- if you get lost), >>> but then i do know enough about Human-Computer Interaction realities to >>> know that this this is no easy thing to do effectively. >>> Am curious to know what y'all think. >>> >>> /walt >>> >>> >>> On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 11:43:29 PM UTC+1 David Gifford wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone >>>> >>>> This is a long term project I started probably a year ago, and have >>>> worked on little by little. Not yet finished, but far enough along to be >>>> useful. >>>> >>>> https://giffmex.org/gifts/dictionaryarticles1.html >>>> >>>> 31 dictionaries and encyclopedias, over 15,000 articles. No content, >>>> just the ability to search multiple dictionaries for articles, in various >>>> ways as needed. >>>> >>>> Perhaps some here might find it helpful to poke around and see how I >>>> did it, for inspiration for their own projects. Blessings! >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fbdb1b70-6b95-4dfd-ad09-034a665bd455n%40googlegroups.com.
