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
> >
>
>
>
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