Hi, > Why do we set a default editor right from the beginning and do not let the user decide ?
That's a question for another thread, but the answer is likely to be 'reasonable defaults'. Tom On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:34 AM, colliar <colliar4e...@aol.com> wrote: > Hey, > > Why do we set a default editor right from the beginning and do not let > the user decide ? > > I think it depends on the individual which editor fits to whom. I met > several people who know how to work with GUIs but are not familiar with > OSM. All had no problem getting along with JOSM right away and some > where looking for features like "filter", "purge", "export to file/gpx" > and "printing". > > The international student projects on several highschool across Europe > did only use JOSM and it work, too. > > A short description of iD, Potlatch2, JOSM and Merkaartor with links > would be nice. > > Cheers > Colliar > > > On 16.08.2013 08:59, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > Hi, > > > > it has been proposed to make the newly released iD v1.1 the default > > editor on openstreetmap.org, meaning that if someone doesn't explicitly > > chose an editor they will open iD instead of Potlatch. > > > > Refer to the previous thread "In the works: iD 1.1" for details on that > > release. > > > > The relevant GitHub "pull request" is here: > > > > https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/453 > > > > It is likely that this "pull request" will be "merged" (i.e. accepted > > and incorporated into the OSM web site) in the near future unless there > > are important reasons not to. > > > > Bye > > Frederik > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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