[josm-dev] Please invest some time into documentation - especially confilict resolution

[Rolf Bode-Meyer]

Hi

I'm thrilled developement goes on in good speed and central issues
like conflict resolution have been already touched.
Unfortunatelly end user documentation stays far behind. While simpler
functions can be documented by experienced users, I fear the field of
conflict resolution in JOSM is a riddle wrapped up in an enigma for
most even experienced users. There was a post just yesterday where
some people agree that they just push the buttons at random until the
conflict is either resolved or the changes completely messed up.

So please would those people who implemented conflict handling give
detailed explanations in [[Help/Dialog/Conflict]] which currently is
simply not helpful?
Sure a dialog that needs no explanations at all would be best, and I
understand that some things just aren't simple enough for simply
pressing a button. But please also keep the actual users in mind when
designing the UI, at least give the buttons some meaningful tooltips.

Thanks,
Rolf