Brian, (I tried my best to communicate this change - oh, and it was also at SOTM 2013 :-P )
I agree that these changes should be communicated better which is exactly why I posted news of this change to both the talk and talk-gb mailing list a few weeks ago. I was only aware of it's imminent go-live the day before (when I spotted it was listed as "merged", awaiting go live on the github pages). Sorry I didn't post here, but the feedback you guys provided had gone quiet. For most users, you just need to log-in and tick the "always stay logged in" button and the welcome box will go. As an often requested feature I am sure that someone will write the required code to add a close button (or my preference - an up/down arrow to roll it up/down as required), but there will also need to be a way to bring it back. Regards, Rob p.s. I have nothing to do this the redesign other than trying to communicate it to you, so please don't shoot the messenger. On 1 December 2013 18:45, Brian Prangle <bpran...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for a close button. That box just screams at me to be closed - my > brain wants to see what's behind it! Not sure what communication went out > about this notifying the community of the date of implementation - I > certainly wasn't aware of anything. I saw lots of discussion about the > design but the first I knew about implementation was when I saw it live. > Surely we can do better than this? > > Regards > > Brian > > > On 1 December 2013 18:03, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> > >> > In regards to the comment about wanting a [x] button on the welcome >> text, >> > it does disappear for logged in users and small screen devices. As for >> non >> >> >> Now it has gone live, I have to say that it is a disaster and likely >> to turn me and others from OSM. We take all this trouble to create >> a beautiful and useful map and it is ruined by this stupid permanent >> window obscuring a large part of the map on small screen devices. >> >> It is a waste of time to login when I am not actively mapping and >> seriously unfriendly. Not to mention the bother of looking up my >> password (which is quite strong) each time. >> >> Now what was the fork of OSM called? Informationhighway? >> >> ael >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > >
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