Eric, I think you make a good point here [1] I also think that stories from people using TW would be interesting. I suspect that people have quite personal relationships with their TW, and they often contain private thoughts, so sharing can be a problem
Alex [1] Sophisticated users, especially developers, are generally not good at writing documentation. What is needed is a writer who can put himself or herself in the position of a naive adopter. On 8 April 2011 18:40, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > On Apr 8, 2011, at 6:24 AM, Dani Zobin wrote: > >> Hey Alex, that's interesting. How that's? One of the prominent elements that >> I noticed during my short time in this list, is that people here seem to be >> JS/css developers, or half the way there, as this is what needed to twist >> the application (and it seems that everybody do it). Which is fine for me >> personally, but I did notice to myself that this is probably not an app for >> regular end users > > Unfortuknately, that seems to be true, but not necessary. What is needed is > decent documentation, sufficient at least for getting potential adopters who > are not developers, who are attracted by the potential practical applications > of TiddlyWiki in their own work, over the hump of initial bafflement. > > Most of the available documentation, on the websites and in the PlugInInfo > tiddlers that accompany many plugins, is as obscure as TiddlyWiki itself is > to the potential non-developer adopter. E.g., some don't bother to mention > dependencies on other readily available plugins. > > [1] Sophisticated users, especially developers, are generally not good at > writing documentation. What is needed is a writer who can put himself or > herself in the position of a naive adopter. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
