[Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

[Rob Nickerson]

Brian,

(I tried my best to communicate this change - oh, and it was also at SOTM
2013 :-P )

I agree that these changes should be communicated better which is exactly
why I posted news of this change to both the talk and talk-gb mailing list
a few weeks ago. I was only aware of it's imminent go-live the day before
(when I spotted it was listed as "merged", awaiting go live on the github
pages). Sorry I didn't post here, but the feedback you guys provided had
gone quiet.

For most users, you just need to log-in and tick the "always stay logged
in" button and the welcome box will go. As an often requested feature I am
sure that someone will write the required code to add a close button (or my
preference - an up/down arrow to roll it up/down as required), but there
will also need to be a way to bring it back.

Regards,
Rob

p.s. I have nothing to do this the redesign other than trying to
communicate it to you, so please don't shoot the messenger.


On 1 December 2013 18:45, Brian Prangle <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for a close button.  That box just screams at me to be closed - my
> brain wants to see what's behind it!  Not sure what communication went out
> about this notifying the community of the date of implementation - I
> certainly wasn't aware of anything. I saw lots of discussion about the
> design but the first I knew about implementation was when I saw it live.
> Surely we can do better than this?
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 1 December 2013 18:03, ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > In regards to the comment about wanting a [x] button on the welcome
>> text,
>> > it does disappear for logged in users and small screen devices. As for
>> non
>>
>>
>> Now it has gone live, I have to say that it is a disaster and likely
>> to turn me and others from OSM. We take all this trouble to create
>> a beautiful and useful map and it is ruined by this stupid permanent
>> window obscuring a large part of the map on small screen devices.
>>
>> It is a waste of time to login when I am not actively mapping and
>> seriously unfriendly. Not to mention the bother of looking up my
>> password (which is quite strong) each time.
>>
>> Now what was the fork of OSM called? Informationhighway?
>>
>> ael
>>
>>
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