[OSM-talk] New Download Dialog for JOSM

[David Groom]

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From: "Sebastian Spaeth" <Sebastian at SSpaeth.de>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] New Download Dialog for JOSM


> Frederik Ramm wrote:
>>    I would like to solicit your opinion on a new design of the JOSM
>> download dialog.
> 
> Thanks for soliciting input. I appreciate that.
> 
>> I have attached a screenshot of the download dialog, and you can also
>> try it in action if you get this JOSM version:
> 
> Looks good in general. I would:
> 
> 1) Further simplify the dialog by putting "data sources" in a separate
> tab and have the check boxes there. Otherwise it looks inconsistent.
> Does anybody only want to download GPX and not OSM data, ever? If not,
> we can get rid of the OSM checkbox alogether.
> 
> 2) URL from www.osm.org... I don't understand what it does.

see http://josm.eigenheimstrasse.de/wiki/Help/Action/Download

> I know that
> is already exists now, but I still don't know. Can we make a (?) link,
> that links to some wiki page explaining it? Also why a text area, is a
> text box not enough? You just need some space to paste it, really.
> 
> 3) I object to the naming of the tab "world". It is totally
> non-intuitive and doesn't explain it's purpose. Call it "Map Selector"
> or something else, but world doesn't cut it.
> 
> 3b) I also did not know until today that you can pan and zoom the world
> map. So a help link/text might be in order there. I never used it myself
> though, so I don't feel strongly about it.
> 
> 4) Already mentioned, a search field would be fantastic. Like enter
> "Munich" and it would download a bounding box centered around Munich.
> But that is propaply a wish list item for the far future.
> 
> Spaetz
> 
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