Hi all! Tones: My idea is to get a really broad idea of the demographics. Nothing as precise as pet types :) If we did find that most TW's are about turtles, maybe that would help understanding how to make TW more flexible.
About trying to actually measure users/usage: It seems very realistic to simply have some sort of permanent poll online, and link to it from TW's download page (so people see it when first downloading, and periodically as they update it). Most TW users tend to be passionate about it, and would probably be happy to share how they use it. Mark: Good insight regarding Linux use. I agree it suggests techy-ness In general, I think its safe to say that most TW users are somewhat tech inclined. Which brings me to the next question: what is TW's goal? Breaking that up into two simpler questions: *1. What are the things TW is trying to achieve?* *2. What is the priority of each of these things?* As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I did find some hints here and there about what these could be (from reading the website, articles/posts, watching videos etc.), but nothing too solid (and certainly nothing too recent). >From what I could gather (as a relative newbie) is that TW's objective is, first and foremost, to provide a flexible and powerful platform for note-taking and knowledge management. There also seems to be a desire to make this accessible to a broader audience (for example, by offering a less overwhelming initial experience for new users, and making the whole UI/UX more intuitive and modern), however this seems to be much lower in the agenda. Would love to know answers from the more experienced TW on the questions above (or at least comments on my guess above) To be clear, my goal in asking these things is to understand TW. If any of my questions/comments sound critical in any way, I apologize. I certainly have my own opinions/wishes of what TW is and could be, but these are all still very raw and uninformed. I also think having these things clearly defined (and publicly stated) could help the community (and newcomers) better understand what TW is (and wants to be) all about. On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 5:44:03 PM UTC+1, OGNSYA wrote: > > I'm curious to know what type of people uses TiddlyWiki currently, and > what type of people the project wants to reach? > > I believe that discussing this might help inform many of the conversations > that have been going on, such as the Getting Started page, and the > UI/workflow redesign. > > In case this is not known, here are a few possible guide questions to help > estimate: > (I included an initial answer in all of them, just as a starting point): > > - *What type of people uses TW? *(considering only those who > create/develop) > (49% coders, 49% casual coders, 2% non-coders?) > - *How do they use TW?* (considering only those who create/develop) > (50% very basic usage, 30% uses several features/plugins, 15% > hack/develop plugins, 5% experts?) > - *What proportion of internet users use TW on a frequent basis?* (2% > edit/view, 3% as viewers only?) > - *How many internet users are coders? *(in general, regardless of TW) > - Non-coders (98.5%?) > - Casual coders (0.5%?) > - Coders (1%?) > > This is intentionally very simplified, especially because most of these > questions can't be answered objectively. Regardless, knowing the > community's perception of them is already very useful. This is meant to be > a first draft. Please feel free to correct/suggest changes. (For the > guesses, I partly used some data found online. ) > > *Edit (2020/06/18): to account for view-only users* > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cdb4253a-fdb1-45c6-abfa-8f06304e7543o%40googlegroups.com.
