[OSM-talk] New Download Dialog for JOSM

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frederik Ramm" <frederik at remote.org>
To: "Talk Openstreetmap" <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:35 PM
Subject: [OSM-talk] New Download Dialog for JOSM


> 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?).

I've never used the world chooser, it's just not accurate enough to select 
an area.


>
> 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 don't see any problems with this.

David

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


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