[OSM-talk] Vandalism in Trumpington

David Earl david at frankieandshadow.com
Sun Apr 27 18:56:35 BST 2008


On 27/04/2008 18:37, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> David Earl wrote:
> 
>> If nothing else, Richard, can the apparent bug with the mode  
>> buttons be
>> fixed and the text make it clearer that live data is being changed  
>> when
>> you press start?
> 
> It's not a bug as such - it's currently intentional that it defaults  
> to "edit the data" 

Ah, I see why people still haven't realised what they are doing.

Are you aware that in IE7 at least, the buttons can vanish after only a 
second or two of visibility?

> - but I do agree that it would be better to have a  
> more descriptive welcome screen that requires it to be cleared before  
> you proceed, with (of course) a "don't show this again" checkbox. I  
> don't want to do it half-cocked, so it's not a quick fix, but  
> Potlatch development priorities are often decided by frequency of  
> requests on the mailing lists so you've just bumped that one up a bit.

Thank you!

David





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