Probably a side-effect of being more recently created, but I've got the impression iD is easier to make coded adjustments to & specialised implementations of (certainly these exist).
That's just another small sales point for iD. But also provides the argument: if you can't get improvements added, fork it and add them yourself (could apply to Potlatch too). Anyway, I use JOSM mainly. I agree with Jerry(SK53) in that we should be supporting multiple editors and even specialised ones (for data-types or entry-device). >From "Durham Ridge", Gregory. On 25 February 2016 at 15:13, SK53 <sk53....@gmail.com> wrote: > Apart from other factors a very strong reason for favouring iD over P2 is > that the latter is Flash-based, It therefore has a degree of in-built > obsolescence, and may not be allowed for security reasons in some > organisations. > > iD has been the default editor for a number of years now (just under 3 > IIRC), and the bulk of additional code for on-line editors is added to iD, > mainly by MapBox. There have been enhancements to P2 too, but these are > many fewer. So the latter is neither obsolete, nor in an end-of-life stage. > However, when it's end comes it's likely to be swift as flash gets > eliminated by major browsers. > > There's still plenty of space for on-line editors (for instance one which > deals with highways, buildings etc as primitive objects rather than OSM > elements as the current ones do): but whether anyone is willing to take on > the odium of maintaining an OSM editor is moot. > > Furthermore, editors on mobile devices are much less mature, and there are > substantial potential benefits in reducing or even eliminating the > survey-edit-update cycle. > > Jerry > > On 25 February 2016 at 13:15, Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> What's wrong with with suggesting users use P2 over iD? >> >> P2 has a few advantages over other editors. The only real benefit I've >> noticed in iD is it prevents loading of data if user is zoomed too far out. >> Something that Richard Fairhurst might be able to implement fairly easily >> into P2. >> >> I'm even less encouraged to use iD after a couple of conversations with >> two of the developers (the only two?). They appear resentful to many of the >> suggestions for improvement. >> >> From memory Richard F. was a developer in the start up of iD, Is he still >> involved? >> >> Dave F. >> >> >> >> On 25/02/2016 09:30, Philip Barnes wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu Feb 25 06:43:23 2016 GMT, Andy Robinson wrote: >>> >>>> I noticed that too Rob. Day before yesterday they all seemed to start >>>> at the same time so I assumed it was uni students. >>>> >>>> We spotted them as new users from the bot that reports in #osm-gb. >>> >>> They were spread over the country, I assume the lecturer hasn't updated >>> his notes, the default if you hit the edit button as a new user is iD. >>> >>> Phil (trigpoint) >>> >>>> From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: 25 February 2016 00:24 >>>> To: Talk-GB >>>> Subject: [Talk-GB] New users and P2 >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Is anyone aware of any recent OSM press - we've seen a lot of new OSM >>>> mappers in the Midlands in the last 2 days :-) >>>> >>>> Also is Potlatch 2 still the default for new mappers as they all seem >>>> to be using that? I though we'd switched to iD as the default across all >>>> browsers now (although I don't remember where I read that!). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com
_______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
