>When you start potlatch there is a welcome screen with the options >start, play, and help. Once you are beyond that screen there is only >the "help & wiki" link in the left side bar, which doesn't point to >any useful help
The concept of an editor is already too complex for most people. This guy searches for command buttons corresponding to it's first desire: "add a road", or "add a cycleway", or "change road", or "change name", not start or play or help. The current concept is good for geeks , like you and me, and people that are really interested. The geeks are on-board (> 10000). Now it's time to create a user interface for the rest of the world. Kenneth: > does *any* mapping app have an option like 'add road'? Do you know any mapping application accessible for everyone having internet ??? Gert Gremmen ----------------------------------------------------- Openstreetmap.nl (alias: cetest) Before printing, think about the environment. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Shaun McDonald Verzonden: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:01 PM Aan: Talk Openstreetmap Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM on The Reg On 11 Feb 2009, at 11:37, Gert Gremmen wrote: > On of the comments: > >> I took a look, and blow me down, my road was missing. So I >> registered, and tried to add it. I failed. A project that's all >> about the people adding the >roads, and I couldn't for the life of >> me work out how to add a road. >> An "Add Road" option, maybe? Oooh nooooo, nothing like that. (I >> managed to move a few other roads around accidentally while trying >> things, but I think >I managed not to save those changes.) >> I won't be going back. > > Here we see how a Newbie meets OSM : a missing "Add Road" option. > I think he is representative for a lot newbies.... > What can we learn from that ???? > > (I suppose he tried Potlatch) > Could a few small help buttons with a label readin (add road) leading > to a basic help page do something for this guy ?? > Or could some macro system help him ? > > > When you start potlatch there is a welcome screen with the options start, play, and help. Once you are beyond that screen there is only the "help & wiki" link in the left side bar, which doesn't point to any useful help. I have created: http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/1584 for RichardF. Shaun _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
