>> > > Also it would be nice, it the motd would get downloaded > asynchronously.
+1 I was wondered why JOSM starts so slowly. One day I didn't have Internet at all and it started in a second. Maybe it is better to cache the MOTD, and if server doesn't reply for 5 seconds show old cached MOTD. Or show old till the new one is downloading. Igor Shubovych 2009/1/23 Shaun McDonald <[email protected]> > > On 22 Jan 2009, at 22:29, Detlef Reichl wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 22.01.2009, 22:45 +0100 schrieb Frederik Ramm: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Ulf Lamping wrote: > >>> Claudius Henrichs schrieb: > >>>> I'd like to move "2008.11.14 (1076): The "align nodes in > >>>> rectangle"(...)" and "2008.11.28 (1078): If you have the "display > >>>> boundaries of downloaded data" option enabled" to the motd > >>>> archive. The > >>>> "Getting Started" section is not visible with 1024*768 > >>>> resolution. Any > >>>> objections? > >>>> > >>> > >>> Please go on! > >>> > >>> I would say that having 4-5 (depending on the text length) motd is > >>> ok, > >>> more is problematic: > >>> > >>> a. doesn't fit on a smaller screen (as you've said) > >>> b. if it's too much no one will really read the messages > >> > >> JOSM could also record the items already shown, and just show those > >> that > >> are new. > > I would say show them at least 10 times, and at least the last 3, with > some extra special important messages shown for longer. > > >> > > > > Also it would be nice, it the motd would get downloaded > > asynchronously. > > +1 > > When I was on a really slow internet connection over Christmas, is was > better for me to not have an internet connection than to have the > really slow internet connection, which stalled the startup of JOSM. > > Shaun > > > _______________________________________________ > josm-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev > _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
