Josia, You say
> What Newbies need, IMO, is a simple Google group with basic instructions > and Q & A. And LINKS to FULL-FEATURED completed TW designed for SPECIFIC > PURPOSES so they can download what they need to get on with it and forget > everything else. > I agree but unless a group/forum is part of something the non-newbies frequent it will need a collaborative effort to maintain. This is not difficult, it just needs to launch and a little grit to "make it stick": On editions (Complete TWs) see below. > On whether TW is here for the long haul? YES, it is. It is a remarkable > bit of kit that has proven resilient for over a decade already. > Totally agree > > The fact the user base is small compared to TW's huge utility is a sad > thing. IMO if we provided more FULLY FORMED apps in a simple way it would > get used a lot more. > First I think you may find a lot of people discover tiddlywki and go away and use it, and sometimes we hear from them. This is what I did with TWC and Erics TiddlyTools site for a long time. A Key cultural feature of the google groups was you did not need to search you just ask. I agree some fully formed apps in a directory would be good but I would like to suggest we do have some of these and I for one are impressed by them, they are on my HDD, they inspire me, but I do not use them. The thing is they are either the whole solution (you have to buy into them), or only part of the solution (you need to combine with other features/plugins). I think a little more supportive content between plugins and editions in size is what we need. I am working on a few myself but it will be some time before I can demonstrate where I am, coming from. We need to extend this building block approach into the solutions people can use, without providing only part, or all of the solution. I believe there needs to be an ecosystem of solutions rather than editions, code or plugins, even if you use plugins to archive this, people are thinking about and working on solutions. Regards Tony -- 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 post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f4229994-4814-4004-8608-6d2ae5c52898%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
