Re: [OSM-talk] Re verting Changes....

2009-05-19 Thread Russ Nelson
On May 18, 2009, at 2:21 PM, MP wrote: > > What about ading some 10 seconds delay before actual uploads to > server, so such panicked actions would have the desired effects? Well, apparently Richard has a solution he'd rather spend time working on than talking about, so I for one plan to trust

Re: [OSM-talk] Re verting Changes....

2009-05-18 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Russ Nelson wrote: > Richard, I know that you don't have infinite resources to devote to > Potlatch. But if you can't For those without the imagination to see what "have patience" followed by a winking smiley might mean, I would kindly request that you hold fire for a very small amount of time

Re: [OSM-talk] Re verting Changes....

2009-05-18 Thread Matt Amos
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:21 PM, MP wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: >>  It's WAY too easy for a newbie (and I was once) to try to scroll in >>  Potlatch like they scroll in OpenLayers, munge a way or a node by >>  moving it inappropriately.  Then they panic, are unabl

Re: [OSM-talk] Re verting Changes....

2009-05-18 Thread MP
> It's WAY too easy for a newbie (and I was once) to try to scroll in > Potlatch like they scroll in OpenLayers, munge a way or a node by > moving it inappropriately. Then they panic, are unable to find the > Undo or don't know about the Undo, or are just so scared that they > immediately clo

Re: [OSM-talk] Re verting Changes....

2009-05-18 Thread Karl Newman
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Russ Nelson wrote: > Richard, I know that you don't have infinite resources to devote to > Potlatch. But if you can't fix usability problems, then maybe the > EDIT tab should go to a Webstart JOSM page? I'm not suggesting that > we ban potlatch; just give you s

Re: [OSM-talk] Re verting Changes....

2009-05-18 Thread Russ Nelson
I suggested a straightforward change to make the fact of live editing more obvious a few months ago. Flash is great, because if somebody points out a problem and a fix to you, you can fix it and it's immediately available to everyone. It's WAY too easy for a newbie (and I was once) to try t

Re: [OSM-talk] Re verting Changes....

2009-05-18 Thread Richard Fairhurst
David Earl wrote: > It looks to me like yet again someone hasn't realised changes made > in Potlatch are live. There was also someone complaining about this > on the diary pages recently. Have patience. ;) (I presume as the author of Namefinder you're quite good at being patient anyway. *runs