In the spirit of collaboration I continue to publish in this thread my thinking on this subject, I would love your feedback and if possible joining me in this endvour.
When we consider the various ways to save or host a tiddlywiki the combinations get complex quickly. What I would like with a “Make TiddlyWiki your own” is a specific way to obtain and use a standalone wiki built to achieve particular requirements.
Once users are “sold on TiddlyWiki” they could obtain a private or publicly hosted wiki (tiddlyhost) or simply installing Timimi and/or Webdav, applications (TiddlyDesktop) or server options (Node, Bob) makes sense and yes we can improve these options with guided installs. These options require some local permissions not every one has and introduces a few more variables like Browser brand and Operating systems.
It seems to me people will do the necessary steps if motivated to do so, the effort they will expend is proportional to the degree of motivation. This motivation can include;
- Make use of the functionality they see on the site they are looking at
- If they see the potential of tiddlywiki in general - this is not so easy to sell
- If they fancy themselves at creating solutions they will later publish
- Fear of Missing out - lets say we offer half a dozen applications they can review or acquire easily if they provision a local solution, a lot of people will want to see them all, this may be enough motivation to put in a little more effort. If they install Timimi as an example they can quickly acquire a few TiddlyWikis to review and play with.
Give these above thoughts it seems to me there is value in us keeping things simple but promoting and stimulating their motivation to take a few more steps to over come the install steps needed.
- In fact for many users familiar with downloading and installing applications they may be quite happy to do this without question as long as what they have seen already justifies this.
- In this case I think we need to provide a high level of functionality that they can use for some time before they need to look at other options.
A few solutions can be published on line that pique users interest and a install solution provided that unlocks them all using a single install guide.
I have started a New discussion The essential editions of TiddlyWiki with a view to identifying an “essential collection” to include in an installable solution.