[josm-dev] .jar file size is too big
Ulf Lamping
ulf.lamping at googlemail.com
Sat Jul 18 00:36:25 BST 2009
Frederik Ramm schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Ulf Lamping wrote:
>> Complicating the build process for the developers and the download
>> step for users is *no* price worth to pay for 1-2MB saved download
>> size IMHO.
>
> It's easy to say that when you are behind a DSL pipe. It all sounds very
> generous and inclusive: "We're not discriminating against anyone, we
> support all languages!" when at the same time you're happily
> discriminating against anyone who happens to have a slower Internet
> connection.
I have installed and used JOSM behind a 56K modem line before. The issue
- as Dirk alread noted - was not the JOSM, but the data download.
Anyway, my main interest is to get users up and running as *easy* as
possible - not having to select any language but simply start working is
what I want to see.
> Even on a run-off-the-mill German DSL connection with 2 MBit/s, it takes
> 25 seconds to even download JOSM, and many rural areas in Germany still
> have nothing better than 384 kBit/s available (making this a two minute
> download). That may be ok if you download it once a week but it isn't ok
> if you have to download it because you want to make quick edit, and
> that's where I want to get. I want to make it possible to have JOSM
> behind the "Edit" button on the OSM web page, so that no matter what
> computer I'm on, no matter whether anyone has bothered to install JOSM
> on that computer, clicking "Edit" will run JOSM for me.
What you're seeking is a kind of "micro edition". But that's probably
not something mixed up with the currently available jar meant for
download/install.
Regards, ULFL
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