On Sat, 15 Jun 2013, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> "thank you" message after you have uploaded something. "Thank yo for
> contributing to OpenStreetMap" or so.
I think it far more powerful if nothing special happens....
...but a day or two later someone drops by, reviews the edit, and sends a
note of encouragement.
(but why is this on the JOSM list... JOSM is not an entry level editor?)
It is on the JOSM list because I wanted to hear JOSM developers' opinions
about this.
And whether or not JOSM is an entry level editor (it is certainly used often
for introducing new people to OSM, see e.g. learnosm.org) should not have an
effect on it attempting to provide a satisfying user experience.
Sure, even nicer to get encouraging emails from others in the project but how
likely is that?
Actually I would find such (valueless) messages disturbing. If we add it,
it should be auto-disabled after e.g. 20 uploads and also be an
auto-disapearing splash-overlay (like the filter display).
OTOH probably we should build statistics and display these (e.g. in start
splash screen or such an after-upload splash):
- hours worked
- nodes/ways/relations changed,added,removed
- All stats at whole, last day, last week, last month
That can encourage (or discourage when people see how much time they
really spend for OSM).
Combined with statistics such a note may be even interesting for long-time
users of JOSM. A simple thanks is more a visual polution.
Thought if we add stats, users will kill us when we suggest to reset
preferences, as they will loose all their stats at the same time :-)
Ciao
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