[OSM-talk] Ideas for Potlatch

[Richard Fairhurst]

Lauri Hahne wrote:

> [autocomplete]
> Tab works in JOSM and Excel.

I'll take your word for it on JOSM, I don't use it - though people got  
cross enough when JOSM borrowed modeless operation from Potlatch that  
I'm a bit wary of UI cross-fertilisation. ;)

Excel's not the same. Excel doesn't autocomplete at all (at least on  
the OS X 2001 version) unless you press the cursor keys to select from  
the menu first: if you just press Tab it doesn't autocomplete on the  
first entry.

Effectively, in Excel, the cursor keys do the autocomplete (as they do  
in Potlatch). The difference is that Potlatch _also_ autocompletes on  
Enter. To echo Excel's behaviour in Potlatch, this would have to be  
removed, therefore requiring an extra keypress to autocomplete the  
default entry - a retrograde step IMO.

> [...]
> I don't know what server JOSM uses for its Landsat though it   
> probably is in UTM.

I believe the JOSM plugin talks to a WMS server. I don't have any  
plans to add WMS client capability to Potlatch - it's an old  
technology on its way out and there's things I'd rather spend my time  
on. Of course, that doesn't stop anyone else doing so.

> What about the other ideas?

All sensible, didn't feel they needed debating. :)

cheers
Richard