Robin - my apologies for my crankiness. You did not presume anything.<div><br></div><div>On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Robin Paulson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@bumblepuppy.org" target="_blank">robin@bumblepuppy.org</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>the point i was trying to make is that perhaps the experience is alienating because of all the new software, ideas, concepts that someone who wishes to map has to learn. instead of more software, more tools, perhaps what they need is someone talking with them?<br>
<br>maybe they are the types that don't read help guides, that if they can't understand it straight away give up, rather than search for help or advice?</blockquote><br><div class="gmail_quote">Yes, I believe it can be alienating because of all the tools. My goal is to have something more integral to the editing or observation experience, rather than taking people out of / away from OSM. It should be no more intrusive than say Nominatim. </div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">To you latter point, yes, I believe those types are 85+% of Internet users.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">I'm not a long-time OSMer, but I've been working hard in my local hood & I think I'd benefit from such assistance.</div>
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