[OSM-talk] New Download Dialog for JOSM

[Frederik Ramm]

Dear JOSM users,

    I would like to solicit your opinion on a new design of the JOSM 
download dialog.

It is not really a super big change but since the download dialog is a 
central element of everyday work, maybe you have some input here.

The idea is to make the dialog slimmer by introducing tabs - one for the 
main lat/lon input, one for bookmarks, and one for the world chooser (is 
anyone using that at all - maybe we can drop it altogether?).

The most important aspect of this is going on behind the scenes; plugins 
will now have the opportunity to add their own tabs (I am thinking the 
slippy map plugin adding a tab where you can enter tile numbers for 
download, or a plugin using David Earl's place search to determine which 
area to download). Plugins will also be able to replace existing tabs 
altogether, so if someone wants to provide a Better Bookmark (tm) plugin 
replacing the existing bookmarks, that's entirely possible without 
changes to JOSM.

I have attached a screenshot of the download dialog, and you can also 
try it in action if you get this JOSM version:

http://www.remote.org/frederik/tmp/josm-new-download.jar

I intend to introduce these changes into the production version quickly, 
so that I can then provide a new slippy map plugin with tile number 
download support.

Bye
Frederik

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Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail frederik at remote.org  ##  N49°00.09' E008°23.33'
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