[Strategic] OSM front page discussion and user survey results (with pictures)

[Henk Hoff]

Hi all,

Just also had some non-OSM people looking at osm.org. Some results:

- Search box was hard to find.
- Examples at the search box bring only more confusion instead of helping
the user
- Unclear how to report errors in the map. Even, it's unclear that you're
invited to make corrections to the map yourself.
- Serious disappointment: search is not working properly. Some streets can
not be found (e.g: "wibrandusstraat, aduard" not, but "bosweg, aduard" can.
Both streets are next to eachother....)

Cheers,
Henk


On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Eugene Usvitsky <eugene at usvitsky.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Doing my homework for our discussion about future of OpenStreetMap.org
> front page, I've conducted a small user experience survey in Russian
> community forum. It contains opinions of current project users, both
> newbies and experienced mappers. Below are its results:
>
> What should be added:
> * ruler
> * scale bar
> * Facebook's "Like" and Twitter's "Tweet" button (perhaps, some more
> local through AddThis.com service)
> * "Report an error" link to OpenStreetBugs
> * 3d buildings
> * mobile version at m.osm.org
>
> What should be changed:
> * search (to become more adequate)
> * main map style
> * OpenLayers controls
>
> In an effort to visualise these ideas I've created several mockup
> pictures. They are shown on wiki page
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap.org
>
> Though I agree that the main problem now is not the main page but
> community in general, we all are sure that front page should be
> changed as well. Hope this work helps.
>
> I'm not sure I'll be on time for our meeting today but I'll do my best
> to attend a discussion.
> See you.
>
> Best regards,
> Eugene.
>
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