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 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

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

2009-05-18 Thread Karl Newman
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Russ Nelson r...@cloudmade.com 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;

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 close

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

2009-05-18 Thread Matt Amos
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:21 PM, MP singular...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Russ Nelson r...@cloudmade.com 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

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.