[OSM-talk] Potlatch for Newbies

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Sat Aug 21 19:08:56 BST 2010


Hi,

NopMap wrote:
> - Why don't we disable that Live edit feature for good? I vaguely remember
> the question has been raised before, but I just can't think of any use case
> where I' need to mess up the data directly with no undo. 

I'm surprised that nobody has yet pointed out that

* Potlatch has a multi-step undo function, even in live mode, and it's 
been there since 0.9 was released over two years ago.

* When you select live mode, you get an extra warning that this is not 
suitable for beginners, asking you if you want to continue.

* Whenever you edit something in lice mode, a big yellow message at the 
bottom of the screen tells you something like "way moved. z to undo".

How is it that we have all these things in place and STILL people claim 
that "one wrong click at that point and they can mess up the area for 
good without even knowing it"?

Bye
Frederik

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