[OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Richard Fairhurst
I found Steve's excellent tutorial video on Potlatch really interesting - not so much because I don't know how to use Potlatch ;) , but more from a UI feedback point of view. For example, Steve was having difficulty remembering when/how you should double-click, and when you should

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Andy Allan
On Feb 20, 2008 12:28 PM, Alex S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Allan wrote: You click the way to get the nodes to appear, then the node, then it wants to draw a line. You ignore the stretchy line, and select the properties and delete the tag, and then you're stuck desperately trying to

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Andy Allan
On Feb 20, 2008 11:54 AM, Andy Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 20, 2008 11:20 AM, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found Steve's excellent tutorial video on Potlatch really interesting - not so much because I don't know how to use Potlatch ;) , but more from a UI feedback

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread tim
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Alex S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Allan wrote: You click the way to get the nodes to appear, then the node, then it wants to draw a line. You ignore the stretchy line, and select the properties and delete the tag, and then you're stuck desperately

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread tim
What little things like that annoy you, or took you a while to get used to? There's quite a bit of mystery meat going on, which takes time to learn. For example, the icons bottom left, will benefit from text underneath them. (Yes, you can hover over them and wait for a few seconds to see a

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Fairhurst wrote: | I found Steve's excellent tutorial video on Potlatch really | interesting - not so much because I don't know how to use Potlatch ;) | , but more from a UI feedback point of view. | | For example, Steve was having difficulty

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Richard Fairhurst
tim wrote: What little things like that annoy you, or took you a while to get used to? There's quite a bit of mystery meat going on, which takes time to learn. Mmmm, mystery meat... I had some of that in a curry house in Abergavenny on Sunday. Seriously, I do know, but that's kind of

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Lambertus
Pressing [Enter] is counter intuitive to me, as that usually confirms what I'm doing instead of canceling for which [ESC] is more common. God knows how many times I have hit [ESC] when using Potlatch to find out that doesn't work... again... An idea to show the possibilities somewhere when one

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Tom Hughes
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lambertus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pressing [Enter] is counter intuitive to me, as that usually confirms what I'm doing instead of canceling for which [ESC] is more common. Exactly - enter confirms the edit and escape cancels it. That is precisely what

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Jo
Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Fairhurst wrote: | I found Steve's excellent tutorial video on Potlatch really | interesting - not so much because I don't know how to use Potlatch ;) | , but more from a UI feedback point of view. | | For

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Thomas Walraet
Richard Fairhurst a écrit : What little things like that annoy you, or took you a while to get used to? The use of the r key to copy last-selected-way tags behave strangely. If you select a way, select another one, press r, select another one, press r... It works as I expect : the tags of

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Colin Marquardt
Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What little things like that annoy you, or took you a while to get used to? This doesn't strictly belong here, but when you open Potlatch, you can choose between Start and Play - *and* you can just start editing where it's not clear which mode you