[OSM-talk] The OSM Applet - let's ditch it for JOSM (was: MappingReading, some impressions)

[Richard Fairhurst]

Quoting David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net>:

> Also I'm not a programmer, so may have misunderstood the situation, but if
> the "problem with the applet" is not the applet itself, but the underlying
> system architecture how will moving to an AJAX or Flash based solution help?

Absolutely, Flash and AJAX themselves don't confer any great  
development advantages over a Java solution - indeed, there are some  
significant disadvantages.

However, a new editor written with n00b-usability in mind can improve  
our situation, no matter what the platform; and using Flash will  
extend our reach to some users who currently can't use OSM tools.  
There's no reason why the Java applet can't also be further improved  
if there are coders willing to work on it.

cheers
Richard