[HOT] Fwd: Re: Validating & TM2 - a send message button?

[Blake Girardot]

On 8/31/2014 6:49 AM, Ralf Stephan wrote:
> I don't understand this. Why require people to ask and use another link?
> Give direct feedback on a tile, that's what's needed. Irc is a time waster.

I have to disagree about irc.

I would love to be able to ask you (Ralf) a quick question in irc about 
the SL GNS merge right now.

If you were idle in the hot irc channel I'd be able to ask you a 
question that you could answer at your convenience.

The vast majority of the time the irc channel is no traffic, for days at 
a time no one says anything, but the ability to ask a question and 
usually get a quick response is great.

The way irc is used here and in osm in general is really the ideal way 
for me: Idle/quite most of the time, good, easy quick way to ask a 
question, ability to have a detailed back and forth if needed on a topic.



> On 31 Aug 2014 11:00, "Sander Deryckere" <sanderd17 at gmail.com
> <mailto:sanderd17 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     IMO, IRC can be used for quick requests and quick help. It's a lot
>     easier to offer help over a chat channel than over some messaging
>     system that requires a page refresh in order to get the messages.