On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:49 AM, Chris Hill wrote: > SteveC wrote: >> 2) We have to be very clear that the openstreetmap.org website is _awful_. >> Horrendous. A total PITA. We're all here because we're persistent with it. >> But the wonderful thing is - we don't have to make the tools and site easy >> to use if we can expose a simple bug system. It's very clear that nobody can >> convince Richard to actually write something any muggle would really want to >> use, you can scream at him to finish the mythical Potlatch 2 all you want, >> but he doesn't give a shit and lives on a boat in bliss. That's his choice, >> and it's totally fine, but if we all feel that way then we have to deal with >> the downside that every single day we lose tens of thousands of edits >> because of that monopoly on bad UI. All I'm suggesting is we sidestep the >> problem and connect people who can report a map bug but can't be bothered to >> deal with pain and suffering of potlatch with the people who can deal with >> it, at least until Richard gets his act together and stops fixing every >> stupid thing in >> the old codebase. You have to take a step back here and realise what we're >> missing out on. >> > I really think you've lost the plot here Steve. You dreamed up a > *really* good idea in OSM, but why do you want to piss off some of the > people who have done the most to make it happen?
Fair point, I shouldn't have been that harsh and I apologise Richard, but I don't dissent from the basic points I'm making. Yours &c. Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
