Gert Gremmen wrote: >Sent: 16 December 2008 10:37 AM >To: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: [OSM-talk] Disable Potlatch finally. > > >I want to plead for disabling Potlatch. >Most of the silly edits, things like self crossing roads, >star formed roundabouts, forest areas crossing waters >and worse are 99% caused by potlatch editors. >The slowness of Flash on most computers, leads to >mouse lagging and positional errors, wanted or unwanted. >The immediate action by updating every change >worsens the consequences because things not directly >visible (for whatever reason) are left in the database. > >If the community wants to keep potlatch, it MUST >be changed in > >- obligatory validation included before upload >- upload only on request, not after each and every > mouse click >- reduced functionality (limited tags; possible based on user experience?) >- immediate syntax help available in potlatch side window >for each allowed tag, with drawing examples. > >Most of the errors however, seems to be caused by >slow flash leading to difficult cursor positioning. > > >The argument of easy starting is not a valid one anymore >as the easy start means also means easy stupidities. >The complexity of the current state of the map with it's multitude >of tags and rules requires serious thinking about >editing, and Potlatch simply allows anyone to do anything >to easy. > > > >Gert Gremmen
Well, if you have an alternative online solution to share with us I'm sure you will find plenty of willing testers. Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
