[Design] Homepage - map layers

[Michal Migurski]

I think making the map styles more obvious is a great idea. The OL dropdown is non-obvious. What about imitating old-style GMaps and making them buttons? See top-right corner of http://www.getlatlon.com/

-mike.

On Oct 27, 2011, at 5:15 AM, Gregory wrote:

> One of the things that bugs me most about the homepage, newcomers don't realise there are other map styles.
> 
> I had an idea that I think could count as a small change and not need to the whole OSMF membership to ratify it.
> You see that 'Edit' tab now has a mouse-over dropdown. Can we copy that to the 'View' tab with options: Mapnik style, OpenCycleMap style, etc...
> 
> It could work while we only have a few layers anyway.
> What do others think?
> 
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> Gregory
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