[josm-dev] Thank You Note?

[colliar]

On 15.06.2013 13:20, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> 
>>> >  "thank you" message after you have uploaded something. "Thank yo for
>>> >  contributing to OpenStreetMap" or so.
>>>
>>>  I think it far more powerful if nothing special happens....
>>>  ...but a day or two later someone drops by, reviews the edit, and
>>> sends a
>>>  note of encouragement.
>>>
>>>  (but why is this on the JOSM list... JOSM is not an entry level
>>> editor?)
>>
>> It is on the JOSM list because I wanted to hear JOSM developers'
>> opinions about this.
>>
>> And whether or not JOSM is an entry level editor (it is certainly used
>> often for introducing new people to OSM, see e.g. learnosm.org) should
>> not have an effect on it attempting to provide a satisfying user
>> experience.
>>
>> Sure, even nicer to get encouraging emails from others in the project
>> but how likely is that?
> 
> Actually I would find such (valueless) messages disturbing. If we add
> it, it should be auto-disabled after e.g. 20 uploads and also be an
> auto-disapearing splash-overlay (like the filter display).

+ 10

> OTOH probably we should build statistics and display these (e.g. in
> start splash screen or such an after-upload splash):
> - hours worked
> - nodes/ways/relations changed,added,removed
> - All stats at whole, last day, last week, last month
> 
> That can encourage (or discourage when people see how much time they
> really spend for OSM).
> 
> Combined with statistics such a note may be even interesting for
> long-time users of JOSM. A simple thanks is more a visual polution.
> 
> Thought if we add stats, users will kill us when we suggest to reset
> preferences, as they will loose all their stats at the same time :-)

We would need an extra service for that as you might have more than one
preference directory, OP or PC. Why not include all added data not only
the part that was committed through JOSM ?

Colliar

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