Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-29 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-21 22:06, Yohan Boniface wrote: On 07/21/2013 09:49 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: IMHO at the moment they have become superfluous. There is no way anymore to zoom in or out more than one step at a time by using on-map controls as there was with the old slider. So I'm using the mouse now to

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-28 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Stefan Keller wrote: > I think such highscores don't belong (yet) to the main website os OSM. > So what I still like to find out, is, what triggered the opposition to > gamification. I can't find Saman mentioning gamification in his > presentation (as other report

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-28 Thread Stefan Keller
Hi Bryce and Janko It seems that I have triggered many ideas about Gamification of data capturing in OSM. I have some visions too from the existing Kort Game. But for discussing this, I think, we should fork this thread. I think such highscores don't belong (yet) to the main website os OSM. So wh

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-28 Thread Kathleen Danielson
There are a lot of ways to approach gamification. I'm not saying whether or not we should, but we probably should avoid blanket statements that all gamification is bad. For example, another route we could take is a more traditional badge model that rewards you for achievements ("You made your fir

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-28 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > > I think statistics are enough for gamification. You can have lots of > badges like > > "Biggest contributor in Belgium" - most nodes in Belgium > "Road admiral of Alabama" - most roads in Alabama > "Power man of Bavaria" - biggest contri

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-28 Thread Janko Mihelić
2013/7/28 Stefan Keller > OSM UI? I found the video of the presentation but can't find any hint > in this direction: > http://vimeopro.com/openstreetmapus/state-of-the-map-us-2013/video/68093877 > > I assume that you are referring to some statistics displayed about > users which to me is only a d

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-28 Thread Stefan Keller
Hi Michal To come back this thread I'm interested in what you refer to by "Gamification". What was Saman referring to in his talk regarding gamification of the OSM UI? I found the video of the presentation but can't find any hint in this direction: http://vimeopro.com/openstreetmapus/state-of-the

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-23 Thread Michal Migurski
On Jul 22, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Simon Poole wrote: > Am 21.07.2013 20:18, schrieb Michal Migurski: >> Supporting official venues for orderly change is what the board should >> be doing, but is not. I would support the creation and use of a >> proposal/vote/implementation process for the community, ev

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-22 Thread colliar
Am 21.07.2013 22:01, schrieb Frederik Ramm: > Hi, > > On 21.07.2013 21:28, Kai Krueger wrote: >> It begs the question, if this high level design decisions shouldn't >> live on >> the design@ list instead of rails-dev or in the git-hub bug tracker. > > Yes, I can imagine that to some a "you only h

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-22 Thread Simon Poole
Am 21.07.2013 20:18, schrieb Michal Migurski: > Supporting official venues for orderly change is what the board should > be doing, but is not. I would support the creation and use of a > proposal/vote/implementation process for the community, even if the > first proposal is just "be it resolved th

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Tom Hughes
On 21/07/13 22:01, Frederik Ramm wrote: PS: If I reply to a message on rails-dev, will it land in the proper github ticket discussion? I tried it once a while ago and found that my comments were not there, and it seemed that some people were reading via rails-dev and got my message while others

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread rainerU
Am 21.07.2013 20:47, schrieb Richard Fairhurst: > You only have to follow one mailing list: rails-dev@. As its name says, this list is about development. The discussion in this thread is about requirements. Its a good practice to clearly separate discussion of requirements from their implementati

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Yohan Boniface
Humm... Just to be clear: I'm not involved in anyway in osm.org redesign. I've given this tip because it seems to me that the topic was about keeping or not the +/- buttons, and imho it's a useful tip for people who, like me, doesn't use a mouse. Yohan On 07/21/2013 10:47 PM, Maarten Deen wro

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-21 22:06, Yohan Boniface wrote: On 07/21/2013 09:49 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: IMHO at the moment they have become superfluous. There is no way anymore to zoom in or out more than one step at a time by using on-map controls as there was with the old slider. So I'm using the mouse now to

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Yohan Boniface
On 07/21/2013 09:49 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: IMHO at the moment they have become superfluous. There is no way anymore to zoom in or out more than one step at a time by using on-map controls as there was with the old slider. So I'm using the mouse now to zoom in or out. Maybe not everybody knows

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 21.07.2013 21:28, Kai Krueger wrote: It begs the question, if this high level design decisions shouldn't live on the design@ list instead of rails-dev or in the git-hub bug tracker. Yes, I can imagine that to some a "you only have to follow rails-dev" is a very hitchhikers-guidesque re

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-21 20:18, Michal Migurski wrote: The new icons and map controls are good and I'm getting accustomed to them, but the process by which they made it onto the site worries me. IMHO at the moment they have become superfluous. There is no way anymore to zoom in or out more than one step

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Michal Migurski
On Jul 21, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Kai Krueger wrote: > It begs the question, if this high level design decisions shouldn't live on > the design@ list instead of rails-dev or in the git-hub bug tracker. > > rails-dev can sometimes have a reasonably high volume and most of it is > boring technical deta

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Kai Krueger
It begs the question, if this high level design decisions shouldn't live on the design@ list instead of rails-dev or in the git-hub bug tracker. rails-dev can sometimes have a reasonably high volume and most of it is boring technical detail, like e.g. if oauth needs relative or absolute URLs to pr

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Michal Migurski
On Jul 21, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Michal Migurski wrote: >> On Jul 21, 2013, at 5:42 AM, Pieren wrote: >>> If you missed the discussion because you don't watch the >>> non-localized 35 mailing lists >>> [...] >> I don't know, and I don't want to have to subscribe to Github

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Michal Migurski wrote: > On Jul 21, 2013, at 5:42 AM, Pieren wrote: > > If you missed the discussion because you don't watch the > > non-localized 35 mailing lists > > [...] > I don't know, and I don't want to have to subscribe to Github > pull requests to find out. You only have to follow one m

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Tom MacWright
Hey, Let's also not lose the fact that this thread started with 'Should we remove the +/- buttons' and has visited about 10 topics in 37 emails since then. Maybe it's time to start fresh with a focused thread. Tom On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Michal Migurski wrote: > On Jul 21, 2013, at 5

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Michal Migurski
On Jul 21, 2013, at 5:42 AM, Pieren wrote: > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Dave F. wrote: >> On 20/07/2013 12:57, Paul Norman wrote: > >> Rails port pull requests?!?! wtf. > : >> I really think some developers are living in their own world. > > lol. They do ! > If you missed the discussion

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-21 Thread Pieren
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Dave F. wrote: > On 20/07/2013 12:57, Paul Norman wrote: > Rails port pull requests?!?! wtf. : > I really think some developers are living in their own world. lol. They do ! If you missed the discussion because you don't watch the non-localized 35 mailing lists,

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Dave F.
My reply is going private as it's now OT. On 21/07/2013 02:17, Kathleen Danielson wrote: My criticisms are based purely on his inability to communicate clearly. Dave, As you say, you know nothing personally of this man, and yet you have discerned he is unable to communicate? Saman i

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Kathleen Danielson
> > My criticisms are based purely on his inability to communicate clearly. Dave, As you say, you know nothing personally of this man, and yet you have discerned he is unable to communicate? Saman is not above criticism. However, we, as a community, are above sweeping statements such as the ones

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Dave F.
Hello Tom I reject & mildly resent your criticism that I made an ad hominem attack. I know nothing personally of this man. My criticisms are based purely on his inability to communicate clearly. As the primary reason for his lecture was to explain the new layout I feel perfectly entitled to p

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Jason Remillard
I just watched all 30 minutes of the video. I am a professional software engineer, the designer seemed extremely competent. Because of the presentation, I trust that the people working on his know what they are doing and I am very excited to see what comes next. Please lets give them some space to

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Tom MacWright
Hi Dave, Please be civil, we're all trying our best to be nice and make progress here. It's inappropriate to start ad-hominem attacking developers, especially in the case of Saman - who is in fact a designer, not to mention a real person, in the real world, with actual emotions. Thanks, Tom On

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Dave F.
On 20/07/2013 09:25, Richard Fairhurst wrote: James Mast wrote: I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the long/short links to the map location behind buttons. Instead of just one click to get the map location, now it's two clicks and is really annoying and slowing down work for me.

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Paul Norman
> From: Maarten Deen [mailto:md...@xs4all.nl] > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls > > > http://lists.osm.org/pipermail/talk/2013-July/067499.html (in reply to > > Andrew Errington) > > Okay, so you even have to read all threads, even if you don't

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread James Mast
rac before your e-mail arrived. I bet TomH will probably mark it as a duplicate very soon. lol. -James From: t...@macwright.org Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 19:09:27 -0400 To: dave...@madasafish.com CC: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls Hi James, That issue has bee

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Tom MacWright
Hi James, That issue has been reported and is being worked on: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/356 On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Dave F. wrote: > On 20/07/2013 12:57, Paul Norman wrote: > >> Whoops - resending to the right talk@ list >> >> >>> Which list? >>> >

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Dave F.
On 20/07/2013 12:57, Paul Norman wrote: Whoops - resending to the right talk@ list Which list? All rails port pull requests and issues automatically goes to the rails-dev@ list, which is the list for "discussion of rails port (web site) development" If you prefer a format other than email, I

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread James Mast
Is anybody else having problems submitting notes as "themselves" with the new interface? I just tried to submit a note, but it claimed it was done by "anonymous" and I was logged into the site at the time [1]. It seems that commenting on a already created note is fine, just not creating the in

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Lester Caine
Andrew Errington wrote: On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:16:10 James Mast wrote: >I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the long/short links to >the map location behind buttons. Instead of just one click to get the map >location, now it's two clicks and is really annoying and slowing down w

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-20 12:33, Paul Norman wrote: From: Maarten Deen [mailto:md...@xs4all.nl] Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 2:57 AM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls On 2013-07-20 11:29, Paul Norman wrote: > From: Andrew Errington [mailto:erringt...@gmail.

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Paul Norman
Whoops - resending to the right talk@ list > From: Maarten Deen [mailto:md...@xs4all.nl] > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 2:57 AM > To: talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls > > On 2013-07-20 11:29, Paul Norman wrote: > > From: Andrew E

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-20 13:35, Peter Wendorff wrote: Am 20.07.2013 11:53, schrieb Maarten Deen: On 2013-07-20 10:25, Richard Fairhurst wrote: James Mast wrote: I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the long/short links to the map location behind buttons. Instead of just one click to get the m

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 20.07.2013 11:53, schrieb Maarten Deen: > On 2013-07-20 10:25, Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> James Mast wrote: >> I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the >> long/short links to the map location behind buttons. >> Instead of just one click to get the map location, now >> it's two cl

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 20.07.2013 01:38, schrieb Dave F.: > On 20/07/2013 00:22, Toby Murray wrote: >> You aren't in the #osm IRC channel, are you :) > > No. I can't stand the cliquey, unilateral time zone defined exclusion of > that. I prefer to discuss with *all* in *all* timezones. A while back a > decision was ma

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Andrew Errington
On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:25:27 Richard Fairhurst wrote: > James Mast wrote: > > I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the > > long/short links to the map location behind buttons. > > Instead of just one click to get the map location, now > > it's two clicks and is really annoying and sl

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Andrew Errington
On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:39:18 Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Andrew Errington wrote: > > Also, my proposal for including > > a "markerlink" has not been taken up. > > Yet. Rome wasn't built in a day. > > > I also didn't see any consultation on this topic. Just another > > fait accompli. > > Hey Andrew,

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
On Sábado, 20 de julio de 2013 10:55:58 Mikel Maron escribió: > I miss the white lines on blurry Landsat background. So simple and elegant. > Can someone set that up and make it an option in the layer switcher? ;) Those were the times :-D -- -- Iván Sánchez Orteg

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-20 11:29, Paul Norman wrote: From: Andrew Errington [mailto:erringt...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 11:42 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls I also didn't see any consultation on this topic. Just another fait accompli. The

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Mikel Maron
n. Perspective! * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > From: Maarten Deen >To: talk@openstreetmap.org >Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 10:49 AM >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls > > >On 2013-07-20 08:16, James Mast w

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-20 10:25, Richard Fairhurst wrote: James Mast wrote: I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the long/short links to the map location behind buttons. Instead of just one click to get the map location, now it's two clicks and is really annoying and slowing down work for me.

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-07-20 08:16, James Mast wrote: I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the long/short links to the map location behind buttons. Instead of just one click to get the map location, now it's two clicks and is really annoying and slowing down work for me. :( I agree to that. Wha

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Paul Norman
> From: Andrew Errington [mailto:erringt...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 11:42 PM > To: talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls > > > I also didn't see any consultation on this topic. Just another fait > accompli. The pu

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Mikel Maron
rg >Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:39 AM >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls > > >Andrew Errington wrote: >> Also, my proposal for including >> a "markerlink" has not been taken up. > >Yet. Rome wasn't built in a day. > >&g

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Andrew Errington wrote: > Also, my proposal for including > a "markerlink" has not been taken up. Yet. Rome wasn't built in a day. > I also didn't see any consultation on this topic. Just another > fait accompli. Hey Andrew, I noticed you did some edits to the map the other day. That's fine,

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Richard Fairhurst
James Mast wrote: > I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the > long/short links to the map location behind buttons. > Instead of just one click to get the map location, now > it's two clicks and is really annoying and slowing down > work for me. :( Ok, I've said this at least t

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Vincent Pottier
Le 20/07/2013 01:07, Dave F. a écrit : Hi Does anybody use the +/- zoom controls? I thought it was all mouse wheels/pad gestures & finger gestures to zoom in & out. Are they needed any more? Dave F. Oh, yes, they are. I use them to see the wide region around a spot, e.g. find the big city

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-19 Thread Andrew Errington
On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:16:10 James Mast wrote: > I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the long/short links to > the map location behind buttons. Instead of just one click to get the map > location, now it's two clicks and is really annoying and slowing down work > for me. :( > > -Ja

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-19 Thread James Mast
I'm personally not liking that they now have hidden the long/short links to the map location behind buttons. Instead of just one click to get the map location, now it's two clicks and is really annoying and slowing down work for me. :( -James

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-19 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 20.07.2013 01:07, Dave F. wrote: > Does anybody use the +/- zoom controls? I thought it was all mouse > wheels/pad gestures & finger gestures to zoom in & out. I don't use these controls if I can avoid it, but sometimes I'm stuck with them. Examples include browser compatibility issues (Firefox

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-19 Thread Dave F.
On 20/07/2013 00:22, Toby Murray wrote: You aren't in the #osm IRC channel, are you :) No. I can't stand the cliquey, unilateral time zone defined exclusion of that. I prefer to discuss with *all* in *all* timezones. A while back a decision was made to change something in OSM (apologies, I fa

[OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-19 Thread Dave F.
Hi Does anybody use the +/- zoom controls? I thought it was all mouse wheels/pad gestures & finger gestures to zoom in & out. Are they needed any more? Dave F. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tal

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-19 Thread Toby Murray
You aren't in the #osm IRC channel, are you :) Turns out, yes... they are still used. It was actually interesting to watch a coworker who doesn't know much about online maps interacting with osm.org. This was a month or so ago. They actually used the pan controls instead of dragging the map. I was