Dear TW developers community, If you are on the brink of releasing a next release of TW, this must be the righ time to give some feedback on the main TW-download website, i.c. www.tiddlywiki.com.
Not too long ago this website has been "restyled" and for big parts rewritten. I myself am not too happy, but who am I, with some changed accents or rewordings, because I am afraid it puts people on the wrong foot. It might occur that instead of becoming enthousiastic, which should be the primary focus, potential new users get "scared" and turn their back on TW, even before having tried. My main concerns are in tiddler "Hello There", because that is the very first introduction for newbee's. One of the most important and charming features of TW is its self- contained one file structure. As a natural consequence there was never talk of "installation" in the past, because there isn't. Nevertheless the current "Hello There" unfortunately talks about "install it (TW) on your computer"! There's even a separate chapter on it and "Installation Guidelines". Scary! Whilst in fact there is only download and open the file. Btw. "download .. and install ... 'EVEN WHEN OFFLINE'" is of course unprecedented magic, because impossible. Many people, including myself, do use TW as their engine for publishing a website. Would I have read your current "Hello There" back in 2006 when I started with my first website, I would not even have tried TW. Because the current text reads "If you're looking for group collaboration features, OR WANT YOUR TIDDLYWIKI TO BE AVAILABLE ON ANY COMPUTER, there are several HOSTEDOPTIONS for you to chose from." This statement is seriously incorrect, because it is only true for collaboration. To make your TW available on any computer, i.e. like a R/O website, the only thing you have to do of course is to publish that one self-contained TW-file of yours somewhere on the Web. Again, unneccesary scaring off new potential users. More then a pity! May I suggest that in the "Examples"-tiddler a reference will be made to David Gifford's "TiddlyWiki in Action"-website, being a TW-website itself, but at the same time showcasing many examples of TWs as websites. It's not my intention to offend whoever, only try to contribute to a better promotion of TW, which I like very, very much. So I am curious to hear your comments on this, or discuss the topics even futher. Thanks and best regards, Ton van Rooijen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywikidev@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywikidev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev?hl=en.
