Re: [OSM-talk] API URL cannot be resolved (was Re: Welcome box on the new map page)

2013-12-01 Thread Shaun McDonald
If you go to api.openstreetmap.org in your browser it is expected that it redirects to www.openstreetmap.org. Shaun On 1 Dec 2013, at 04:11, Andrew Errington wrote: > Why can't I upload with JOSM today? Is it related to the new UI changes? > > I get this error: > Failed to open a connection

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Lester Caine
Paul Norman wrote: I know that there is a lot of support for NOT providing services I'd say there's a wide desire for offering services like OWL and routing on OSM.org. Of course, these take development hours, time, and money, so a wide desire doesn't translate into actually adding the services.

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Simon Poole
My 2 cents: the deployment yesterday was the final step to making the design and the user interaction consistent over the the whole site (forgetting about the handful of real usability issues that should be addressed). The baby steps that had been made over the last year or so had led to a situati

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Simon Poole
Am 01.12.2013 11:25, schrieb Lester Caine: > ... > And I still need to find out where the 'export' is intended to go? Is > that were we should be able to create embeded frames or somewhere > else? Share does not provide the material and hacking the code > manually is not something novice users can

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 1 Dec 2013, at 10:25, Lester Caine wrote: > Paul Norman wrote: >>> I know that there is a lot of support for NOT providing services >> I'd say there's a wide desire for offering services like OWL and routing >> on OSM.org. Of course, these take development hours, time, and money, so >> a wide

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Ed Loach
Martin wrote: > the wiki was linked directly. Our wiki is the principal (loosely) > structured key about osm, created by the community. Its starting > page is a good entry if you want to get serious, and I am sure also > longtime contributors go there rather often. I think it is better on the Hel

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Lester Caine
Shaun McDonald wrote: osm.org is aimed at mappers and people mapping, rather than as a general purpose go to site for navigation. I'm not arguing otherwise, but at present even FINDING another site that CAN be used for routing from the new front page is a nightmare. Alright the old page was

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Ed Loach
Lester: > The about page is VERY short on help to get to other material ( but I > do not > object to advertising sponsors on that page ), and I probably need to > try the > site as a cold user to se if registering a new account is any more > helpful, but > trying to establish what is needed to hel

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Lester Caine
Ed Loach wrote: Lester: The about page is VERY short on help to get to other material ( but I do not object to advertising sponsors on that page ), and I probably need to try the site as a cold user to se if registering a new account is any more helpful, but trying to establish what is need

Re: [OSM-talk] Watchlist?

2013-12-01 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2013-11-30 at 17:49 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: > Let's put it on the wishlist, then. Mediawiki offers the > functionality I'm looking for, though it'd be nice if the OSM > equivalent could do that without having to view the object to continue > to receive notifications. > > > On Sat, Nov

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 30.11.2013 20:57, SomeoneElse wrote: > Understood (hence my Henry Ford quote) but on that general point - can > anyone explain in what way the new site is better than the old one? Most people who reacted favourably to the new design said things like it looked "fresher" or "more modern".

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread SomeoneElse
Frederik Ramm wrote: This redesign was done by employees of MapBox, and they spent a lot of time on it. I'd prefer them to weigh in in this thread themselves Thanks Frederik. I think that it would help if they did; it might help to put a human face on some of the design decisions beyond a va

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-12-01 Thread Minh Nguyen
On 18:17 2013-12-01, SomeoneElse wrote: The changeset close time has a dotted underline and the mouse pointer changes from a hand to a question mark - I still don't know what this is supposed to signify. That's HTML's tag. It's primarily meant to give title="three-letter acronyms">TLAs handy t