On 03.12.2013 16:52, John Firebaugh wrote: > The goal of the redesign was to make the site more inviting for > newcomers, [...] to clean it up and refresh its looks,
That was quite successful. Also thanks for the quick implementing of the [x] button after the new design went live. > - A better experience for veterans. There's now more space for the map > and a sidebar that functions efficiently for the task at hand, whether > it be searching for a location, browsing data, or reviewing changes. > There's no longer a needless distinction between "browsing" a feature > and "viewing it on the map". And navigating between features and > changesets is fluid, fast, and preserves more context. >[...] > - A modern look and feel. While there is no doubt design is to some > degree subjective, the fact is that any design communicates a message. > In short, the old design looked dated, haphazard, and uncoordinated. regarding "uncoordinated": In the new style the "export" feature now is split in two parts as of one is the [Export] button which exports just OSM data. The second part shows up on the "share" menu - where I am not sure how a "Download" button could help share something. > The goal of the redesign was to make the site [...] more efficient for > veterans, to clean it up and refresh its looks, > [...] > - Bug fixes and usability improvements. I'd say "veterans" knew the site inside out and had set up their efficient workflow. A regression is the inability to browse the changesets of users efficiently. Example: From time to time I need to have a look at what I mapped e.g. about two years ago. Until now I could skip several pages of my edit history by clicking the according links [page 1 2 3 ...11] or editing the url like it is still used on nodes and ways of changeset. Now browsing the distant history of edits is a pita. [Load more]period Another thing not too helpful are the low contrast navigation buttons. Thin bright green on white background is not the best readable UI. > - User profiles, diaries, messaging, and other interior pages have > seen only minimal changes The user's profile image on the top right when logged in (at the button of the dropdown menu) is scaled without keeping the aspect ratio. > This redesign is a leap forward, but not the end-all be-all. There is > most definitely room for improvement, and constructive feedback and > hands-on help is always welcome. If you'd like to get coding on > OpenStreetMap and you'd like a hand, please hit me up on IRC. If > you're looking to file an issue > https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues What is the matter with trac.osm.org? Too much bugtracking in one place? Deprecated features should be marked so. It would be no nice experience if one signed up to a platform like github to commit stuff and after a pull request gets told: <s> haha, this is just a joke</s> This is readonly, the real platform is elsewhere.¹² That the [History] is an unusable mess still is a fact due to the still increasing number of worldwide changesets. Better than allowing new users this non-experience the button could imho get removed until the history from http://owl.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org is working and deployed. Best regards Thomas ¹ https://github.com/openstreetmap/josm/pull/7 ² http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/8434 " Pull requests won't be merged since JOSM uses SVN, but will be committed to SVN manually." _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
