+1 And don't forget JOSM basic and expert modes... which are already providing an intermediate step between P2/iD dans the full featured JOSM.
+1 also to make iD the default editor on osm.org 2013/8/23 Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> > Hi, > > > On 08/23/13 01:11, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> > Given the maintenance situation on P2, promoting iD seems like the >> only way forward. >> >> Web launch a JOSM session? >> > > As an avid JOSM user and former member of the JOSM programming team I am > happy to see that JOSM is thriving. > > Making the default "edit" action web-launch JOSM however would probably be > the end of that (and not just because of the technological issues of web > launch). Tons of newbies, overwhelmed by JOSM's broad array of capabilities > and the not-necessarily-simple user interface that comes with it, would > violate our data in ways that would make experienced mappers hark back to > the good old days when it was only Potlatch 1 that people could do damage > with. The limited available JOSM developer time would quickly be used up by > making every bit of JOSM "newbie proof", and experienced users would > complain about limitations introduced to reduce potential damage. > > Frankly I am quite happy that we have, in JOSM, an editor that, while free > for everyone to try out, does target the more demanding users, and can > therefor afford to be a little more demanding itself. An editor where as a > programmer you don't have to think about whether your users know what a way > or a node is and so on. > > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > ______________________________**_________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk> > -- Christian Quest - OpenStreetMap France Un nouveau serveur pour OSM... http://donate.osm.org/server2013/
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