[josm-dev] Cleaning up the motd

[Igor Shubovych]

>>
>
> Also it would be nice, it the motd would get downloaded
> asynchronously.

+1

I was wondered why JOSM starts so slowly.
One day I didn't have Internet at all and it started in a second.

Maybe it is better to cache the MOTD, and if server doesn't reply for 5
seconds show old cached MOTD.
Or show old till the new one is downloading.

Igor Shubovych

2009/1/23 Shaun McDonald <osm at shaunmcdonald.me.uk>

>
> On 22 Jan 2009, at 22:29, Detlef Reichl wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, den 22.01.2009, 22:45 +0100 schrieb Frederik Ramm:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> 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.
>
> I would say show them at least 10 times, and at least the last 3, with
> some extra special important messages shown for longer.
>
> >>
> >
> > Also it would be nice, it the motd would get downloaded
> > asynchronously.
>
> +1
>
> When I was on a really slow internet connection over Christmas, is was
> better for me to not have an internet connection than to have the
> really slow internet connection, which stalled the startup of JOSM.
>
> Shaun
>
>
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