Frederik Ramm schrieb: > Hi, > > Ulf Lamping wrote: >> Complicating the build process for the developers and the download >> step for users is *no* price worth to pay for 1-2MB saved download >> size IMHO. > > It's easy to say that when you are behind a DSL pipe. It all sounds very > generous and inclusive: "We're not discriminating against anyone, we > support all languages!" when at the same time you're happily > discriminating against anyone who happens to have a slower Internet > connection.
I have installed and used JOSM behind a 56K modem line before. The issue - as Dirk alread noted - was not the JOSM, but the data download. Anyway, my main interest is to get users up and running as *easy* as possible - not having to select any language but simply start working is what I want to see. > Even on a run-off-the-mill German DSL connection with 2 MBit/s, it takes > 25 seconds to even download JOSM, and many rural areas in Germany still > have nothing better than 384 kBit/s available (making this a two minute > download). That may be ok if you download it once a week but it isn't ok > if you have to download it because you want to make quick edit, and > that's where I want to get. I want to make it possible to have JOSM > behind the "Edit" button on the OSM web page, so that no matter what > computer I'm on, no matter whether anyone has bothered to install JOSM > on that computer, clicking "Edit" will run JOSM for me. What you're seeking is a kind of "micro edition". But that's probably not something mixed up with the currently available jar meant for download/install. Regards, ULFL _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
