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

ael law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com
Sat Nov 16 18:01:58 UTC 2013


On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 01:36:40PM +0000, David Earl wrote:
> On 15/11/2013 20:15, Rob Nickerson wrote:
> >(The aim of this email is to provide prior knowledge of an upcoming change to the
> >OSM website and to give you an opportunity to provide constructive feedback)
> 
> 
> Would it be possible to have a dismiss button on the Welcome to
> OpenStreetMap box (including Learn More and Sign Up, but not
> including search)? Just like the x on the panels that replace it,
> e.g. when you search. Perhaps if you dismiss it it could join the
> green buttons as 'Welcome' to get it back.
> 
> On iPad and netbooks, this box takes up a substantial part of the
> screen obscuring the map. Less of a problem on larger screens, but
> still intrusive if you want to see the whole map. Clearly it is a
> very important part of the page when the whole point is to promote
> OSM, but being able to make it go away would be helpful when you're
> just trying to make use of the map.

+1

ael




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