[josm-dev] JOSM Applet

["Dirk Stöcker"]

Hello,

>> See http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Applet regarding description and
>> the different logins. You need a JOSM login to use the preferences
>> storing feature.
>
> Was the preference storing feature on the OSM server unsuitable, and if
> so, why? Maybe the OSM server can be amended so that the JOSM applet
> could store its data there rather than on the JOSM server.

I'm not aware the OSM server has a feature to store JOSM preferences. Has it?

I doubt it, as for Java applets the hosting server is also the
destination, so when JOSM-Servers hosts the Applet it also needs to do the
data handling.

In case the OSM webservice has such a feature, starting the JOSM applet
from www.openstreetmap.org should use the preferences there. But as I have
no influence there I can neither check nor fix it.

> I am, as should be clear by now, quite unhappy about *any* role the JOSM
> server plays for operating the JOSM editor.

Why? Is there a reason to have more trust in the OSM-server infrastructure?

I don't see a reason, why the OSM-Webserver should have specific handling
for JOSM, when the JOSM webservice can do the same and much better.

Please note that an Java applet is an 100% pure online component. It must
be based on one server or the other.

Ciao
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