TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/roadmap/RoadMap.tid

created: 201308232038
creator: JeremyRuston
modified: 201309181617
modifier: JeremyRuston
tags: planning
title: RoadMap

TiddlyWiki5 is under rapid development at the moment, moving through a series of stages from alpha, via beta into a stable release.

! Alpha Release

The most significant piece of work required before TiddlyWiki5 can move out of alpha into beta is to upgrade the release process so that end users can more easily keep track of the new features. See the [[Plan for moving from Alpha to Beta]] for details of the work that is required.

! Beta Release

During the beta TiddlyWiki5 will be practical for cautious everyday use but as we perfect the product there will occasionally be situations where we have to make changes that are not backwards compatible. These occasions will be clearly marked in the release notes.

The following additional features are planned or under consideration for implementation during the beta:

* Warning when attempting to close window without saving
* Use browser local storage to preserve changes in case browser crashes before saving/sync
* Multilanguage support
* Aliases
* Search and replace
* Generalise tag handling so that any field can be a list of tiddler titles, and add mechanisms for manipulating lists
* Tiddler renaming
* Rich link tooltips, incorporating a preview
* Keyboard shortcuts
* Keyboard macro expansion in the text editor
* Proper use of ARIA roles
* Simpler upgrading to new core versions
* Import wizard allowing individual tiddlers to be selected for import
* Switching to more MarkDown-like syntax for basic formatting such as headings and lists
* `[img[url]]` for remote image embedding, and `[ext[url]]` for explicit external links
* Further WikiText features including block quotes
* Facebook, Twitter, G+ and LinkedIn widgets
* Integration with the browser back and forwards buttons
* Built in JavaScript syntax highlighting
* Syntax highlighter plugin
* Minification of plugins (JS and CSS)
* List editor with drag and drop
* Selective/weighted searching by title, body and fields
* Maths notation
* A "safe mode" to disable customisations

! 5.0 Release

Hopefully, TiddlyWiki5 will leave beta and become a full release while we're still in 2013. This is the point at which it is declared stable enough for general use. It will continue to improve and evolve after this point, although constrained to remain backwards compatible so that plugins and content created for version 5.0 will continue to work into the indefinite future.
Docs updates 2013-08-24 15:45:59 +00:00			`created: 201308232038`
			`creator: JeremyRuston`
Roadmap clarification 2013-09-18 18:10:42 +00:00			`modified: 201309181617`
Roadmap updates 2013-05-14 13:10:00 +00:00			`modifier: JeremyRuston`
Get rid of the 'docs' tag It was unnecessary, since everything here is documentation 2013-08-25 20:41:00 +00:00			`tags: planning`
Docs updates 2013-08-24 15:45:59 +00:00			`title: RoadMap`
Docs 2012-07-07 16:12:31 +00:00
Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`TiddlyWiki5 is under rapid development at the moment, moving through a series of stages from alpha, via beta into a stable release.`
Docs 2012-07-07 16:12:31 +00:00
			`! Alpha Release`

Docs updates 2013-08-25 22:27:54 +00:00			`The most significant piece of work required before TiddlyWiki5 can move out of alpha into beta is to upgrade the release process so that end users can more easily keep track of the new features. See the [[Plan for moving from Alpha to Beta]] for details of the work that is required.`
Docs update 2012-07-08 18:26:00 +00:00
			`! Beta Release`

Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`During the beta TiddlyWiki5 will be practical for cautious everyday use but as we perfect the product there will occasionally be situations where we have to make changes that are not backwards compatible. These occasions will be clearly marked in the release notes.`
Docs update 2012-07-08 18:26:00 +00:00
More docs updates 2013-08-25 21:48:53 +00:00			`The following additional features are planned or under consideration for implementation during the beta:`
Docs update 2012-07-08 18:26:00 +00:00
Roadmap updates 2013-05-14 13:10:00 +00:00			`* Warning when attempting to close window without saving`
			`* Use browser local storage to preserve changes in case browser crashes before saving/sync`
			`* Multilanguage support`
Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`* Aliases`
			`* Search and replace`
Roadmap update 2013-08-02 21:05:03 +00:00			`* Generalise tag handling so that any field can be a list of tiddler titles, and add mechanisms for manipulating lists`
Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`* Tiddler renaming`
Docs update 2013-07-25 15:58:58 +00:00			`* Rich link tooltips, incorporating a preview`
Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`* Keyboard shortcuts`
Roadmap clarification 2013-09-18 18:10:42 +00:00			`* Keyboard macro expansion in the text editor`
Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`* Proper use of ARIA roles`
More roadmap updates 2013-07-22 12:00:03 +00:00			`* Simpler upgrading to new core versions`
Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`* Import wizard allowing individual tiddlers to be selected for import`
			`* Switching to more MarkDown-like syntax for basic formatting such as headings and lists`
			* `[img[url]]` for remote image embedding, and `[ext[url]]` for explicit external links
			`* Further WikiText features including block quotes`
			`* Facebook, Twitter, G+ and LinkedIn widgets`
Docs update 2012-07-08 18:26:00 +00:00			`* Integration with the browser back and forwards buttons`
Roadmap updates 2013-08-15 17:13:03 +00:00			`* Built in JavaScript syntax highlighting`
			`* Syntax highlighter plugin`
Docs updates 2013-04-22 16:58:44 +00:00			`* Minification of plugins (JS and CSS)`
Docs updates 2013-08-20 14:18:15 +00:00			`* List editor with drag and drop`
			`* Selective/weighted searching by title, body and fields`
Update RoadMap 2013-08-31 10:18:05 +00:00			`* Maths notation`
Docs update 2013-09-14 18:21:59 +00:00			`* A "safe mode" to disable customisations`
Docs 2012-07-07 16:12:31 +00:00
Docs updates 2013-05-01 15:02:12 +00:00			`! 5.0 Release`
Docs 2012-07-07 16:12:31 +00:00
Roadmap updates 2013-07-21 20:09:34 +00:00			`Hopefully, TiddlyWiki5 will leave beta and become a full release while we're still in 2013. This is the point at which it is declared stable enough for general use. It will continue to improve and evolve after this point, although constrained to remain backwards compatible so that plugins and content created for version 5.0 will continue to work into the indefinite future.`