So somehow independently of this mailing list I have to know to login to remove this box? Where is this communicated on the website- which is most people's first experience of OSM? A close button is so much more efficient!
@Rob - I know you communicated this change and asked for feedback for which I'm grateful- I'm just pissed off that there was no obvious communication of the date of implementation - at best that's just unprofessionally poor communication, at worst it's taking the community for granted. Regards Brian On 1 December 2013 19:03, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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