Users can already decide in their profile, so we're talking more about a "default by default"...
2013/8/17 Tom MacWright <t...@macwright.org>: > Hi, > >> Why do we set a default editor right from the beginning and do not let the >> user decide ? > > That's a question for another thread, but the answer is likely to be > 'reasonable defaults'. > > Tom > > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:34 AM, colliar <colliar4e...@aol.com> wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> >> Why do we set a default editor right from the beginning and do not let >> the user decide ? >> >> I think it depends on the individual which editor fits to whom. I met >> several people who know how to work with GUIs but are not familiar with >> OSM. All had no problem getting along with JOSM right away and some >> where looking for features like "filter", "purge", "export to file/gpx" >> and "printing". >> >> The international student projects on several highschool across Europe >> did only use JOSM and it work, too. >> >> A short description of iD, Potlatch2, JOSM and Merkaartor with links >> would be nice. >> >> Cheers >> Colliar >> >> >> On 16.08.2013 08:59, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > it has been proposed to make the newly released iD v1.1 the default >> > editor on openstreetmap.org, meaning that if someone doesn't explicitly >> > chose an editor they will open iD instead of Potlatch. >> > >> > Refer to the previous thread "In the works: iD 1.1" for details on that >> > release. >> > >> > The relevant GitHub "pull request" is here: >> > >> > https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/453 >> > >> > It is likely that this "pull request" will be "merged" (i.e. accepted >> > and incorporated into the OSM web site) in the near future unless there >> > are important reasons not to. >> > >> > Bye >> > Frederik >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Christian Quest - OpenStreetMap France Un nouveau serveur pour OSM... http://donate.osm.org/server2013/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk