Comments on: tiddlyspot, wikis and usability barriers http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/ peek behind the curtains at tiddlyspot Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:38:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Daniel http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-41 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:44:11 +0000 http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-41 Hi Jonathan The upload thing pops up because you have AutoSave turned on. AutoSave tries to do a normal (to-disk) save after each tiddler edit. Normal save doesn't work when you're online, and the ExportTiddlers plugin gets a bit carried away and thinks that since you can't save to disk, you must want to export tiddlers. Anyway the solution to that is to un-check AutoSave, under "options" in the right menu. Just click "save to web" when you want to save your TiddlyWiki onto tiddlyspot. I can't guess why your save didn't work.. did you wait til you saw the "main file uploaded to.." message? Fee free to send any answers or further queries to feedback@tiddlyspot.com. Cheers ;Daniel Hi Jonathan

The upload thing pops up because you have AutoSave turned on.

AutoSave tries to do a normal (to-disk) save after each tiddler edit. Normal save doesn’t work when you’re online, and the ExportTiddlers plugin gets a bit carried away and thinks that since you can’t save to disk, you must want to export tiddlers.

Anyway the solution to that is to un-check AutoSave, under “options” in the right menu. Just click “save to web” when you want to save your TiddlyWiki onto tiddlyspot.

I can’t guess why your save didn’t work.. did you wait til you saw the “main file uploaded to..” message?

Fee free to send any answers or further queries to feedback@tiddlyspot.com.

Cheers

;Daniel

]]> by: jonathan peterson http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-40 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:35:37 +0000 http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-40 For the life of me I can't figure out how to actually use tiddlyspot. I get a popup that is trying to do exports when I create new projects (I'm doing a d3 wiki), I futzed around with that until it decided that I had exported (though what or why I don't know). I added a batch of projects and did an upload - which appeared to be successful, then later found that in reading docs to figure out the .. action wikitext I'd gone from waynu/tiddlyspot to the default d3 wiki. With all my work gone and apparently not recoverable. I'm not a tiddlywiki or a wiki noob, but for the life of my I can't figure out what the heck is going on with saving the actual work I'm doing. And you don't have any forums or examples to help out. For the life of me I can’t figure out how to actually use tiddlyspot. I get a popup that is trying to do exports when I create new projects (I’m doing a d3 wiki), I futzed around with that until it decided that I had exported (though what or why I don’t know).

I added a batch of projects and did an upload - which appeared to be successful, then later found that in reading docs to figure out the .. action wikitext I’d gone from waynu/tiddlyspot to the default d3 wiki. With all my work gone and apparently not recoverable.

I’m not a tiddlywiki or a wiki noob, but for the life of my I can’t figure out what the heck is going on with saving the actual work I’m doing. And you don’t have any forums or examples to help out.

]]> by: Ben Turner http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-6 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:57:46 +0000 http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-6 TiddlyWiki online ? I think we may have a new contendor for my group wiki - might need to change the group password though - D'oh ! I guess there is still an issue of multiple writes though ? E.g. if myself and a friend both load the wiki in the morning and mess about all day and then save sometime in the afternoon, whoever saves first will lose there changes ? Would be much cooler using TW online rather then something like Twiki though :) TiddlyWiki online ? I think we may have a new contendor for my group wiki - might need to change the group password though - D’oh !

I guess there is still an issue of multiple writes though ? E.g. if myself and a friend both load the wiki in the morning and mess about all day and then save sometime in the afternoon, whoever saves first will lose there changes ?

Would be much cooler using TW online rather then something like Twiki though :)

]]> by: Daniel http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-5 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:12:51 +0000 http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-5 JasRandal, it\'s mainly support for comments (including a comments RSS feed) that decided us on WordPress.. we probably could have kludged up something for TW but this way we can spend our time on more cool stuff for tiddlyspot.com! JasRandal, it\’s mainly support for comments (including a comments RSS feed) that decided us on WordPress.. we probably could have kludged up something for TW but this way we can spend our time on more cool stuff for tiddlyspot.com!

]]> by: taorist http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-4 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:59:36 +0000 http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-4 Congratulations for an excellent post. You guys have out done yourselves. I hope to see more new and exciting features from this service. More power to you guys! Congratulations for an excellent post. You guys have out done yourselves. I hope to see more new and exciting features from this service.

More power to you guys!

]]> by: JasRandal http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-3 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:47:32 +0000 http://tiddlyspot.com/blog/archives/general/tiddlyspot-wikis-and-usability-barriers/#comment-3 I loved TW from the start, and have tinkered with it. I'm no techie, but think I can get the hang of it. Looks very nice here. But why a blog in WP rather than TW? :) Anyway, congrats, and keep up the good work. Maybe I'll tame TW before long. I loved TW from the start, and have tinkered with it. I’m no techie, but think I can get the hang of it. Looks very nice here. But why a blog in WP rather than TW? :)

Anyway, congrats, and keep up the good work. Maybe I’ll tame TW before long.

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