[OSM-talk] Vandalism in Trumpington

[Jo]

Richard Fairhurst schreef:
> Ulf Lamping wrote:
>
>   
>> This all sounds you're trying to cure the pain of not using buffered
>> editing with adding another concept that will add another layer of
>> confusion ...
>>     
>
> Fine. I'm really not going to attempt and convince anyone here - one  
> has to be a bit of a pig-headed UI fascist to develop stuff like  
> this, otherwise you end up with design by committee which just  
> doesn't work.
>
> I think it's good that we offer editors that work in different ways;  
> that there is more than one answer to the questions of "how's stuff  
> written to the db and how do I avoid causing damage", although  
> Potlatch doesn't adequately answer those questions yet; and that  
> those who are arguing for a "save" button are trying to impose a  
> model which doesn't suit Potlatch. You and Frederik and doubtless  
> others disagree - as shown by the fact that you find something  
> "painful" while I actively prefer it. That's fine, there's no  
> monopoly on editors. I don't feel it's impossible to have a usable  
> editor that doesn't work on the "prepare and commit" principle, and  
> that's what I'm concentrating on building.
>   
Keep up the good work Richard!

Polyglot (who uses both editors; JOSM for initial entering of 
data/Potlatch for fine tuning afterwards and aligning on Yahoo! imagery)