Hi all,<br><br>Just also had some non-OSM people looking at <a href="http://osm.org">osm.org</a>. Some results:<br><br>- Search box was hard to find.<br>- Examples at the search box bring only more confusion instead of helping the user<br>
- Unclear how to report errors in the map. Even, it's unclear that you're invited to make corrections to the map yourself.<br>- Serious disappointment: search is not working properly. Some streets can not be found (e.g: "wibrandusstraat, aduard" not, but "bosweg, aduard" can. Both streets are next to eachother....)<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Henk<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Eugene Usvitsky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eugene@usvitsky.com">eugene@usvitsky.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
Doing my homework for our discussion about future of OpenStreetMap.org<br>
front page, I've conducted a small user experience survey in Russian<br>
community forum. It contains opinions of current project users, both<br>
newbies and experienced mappers. Below are its results:<br>
<br>
What should be added:<br>
* ruler<br>
* scale bar<br>
* Facebook's "Like" and Twitter's "Tweet" button (perhaps, some more<br>
local through AddThis.com service)<br>
* "Report an error" link to OpenStreetBugs<br>
* 3d buildings<br>
* mobile version at <a href="http://m.osm.org" target="_blank">m.osm.org</a><br>
<br>
What should be changed:<br>
* search (to become more adequate)<br>
* main map style<br>
* OpenLayers controls<br>
<br>
In an effort to visualise these ideas I've created several mockup<br>
pictures. They are shown on wiki page<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap.org" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap.org</a><br>
<br>
Though I agree that the main problem now is not the main page but<br>
community in general, we all are sure that front page should be<br>
changed as well. Hope this work helps.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure I'll be on time for our meeting today but I'll do my best<br>
to attend a discussion.<br>
See you.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Eugene.<br>
<br>
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