[josm-dev] Cleaning up the motd

[Claudius Henrichs]

Am 22.01.2009 22:45, Frederik Ramm:
> Ulf Lamping wrote:
>> Claudius Henrichs schrieb:
>>> I'd like to move "2008.11.14 (1076): The "align nodes in
>>> rectangle"(...)" and "2008.11.28 (1078): If you have the "display
>>> boundaries of downloaded data" option enabled" to the motd archive. The
>>> "Getting Started" section is not visible with 1024*768 resolution. Any
>>> objections?
>>>
>> Please go on!
>>
>> I would say that having 4-5 (depending on the text length) motd is ok,
>> more is problematic:
>>
>> a. doesn't fit on a smaller screen (as you've said)
>> b. if it's too much no one will really read the messages
>
> JOSM could also record the items already shown, and just show those that
> are new.

You mean setting a read-flag once you see a motd? I'd rather make that 
"shown 5 times" because:
- users tend not to read stuff and we need to increase the chance ;)
- If you start JOSM and get a plugin update message and immediately do 
the restart... the motd is gone :P

Claudius