[OSM-talk] How can we spread the tribal knowledge?

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 08:49, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> On 18/05/10 09:39, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>> Here's a mockup:
>>
>>     http://v.nix.is/~avar/insert-stuff-here.png
>>
>> The contents of the white area would be determined by the
>> aforementioned user editable&  reviewed page. The brief about blurb
>> that's now right below the logo should probably be the first thing
>> merged into it.
>
> Unfortunately that mockup leaves all the worst bits of the current site
> intact ;-)

You'll probably like this one better, it takes the concept of "insert
neat stuff here" even further, just add imagination:

    http://v.nix.is/~avar/insert-neater-stuff-here.png

> Before you all get too carried away with this "extra tab" idea of Ævar's I
> would just like to point out what I've said before about adding more tabs,
> namely that we already have too many and that any attempt add more without
> doing something about the layout is going to have a hard time getting
> merged.

Yeah, adding tabs is a pain. Mostly because the spaces the tabs take
conflicts with the space the "Hi {{user}} ..." line takes.

I suggested (and patched it) at one point to solve that the way
Wikipedia does, by moving them apart. That would leave ~20px less
space for the main map. Not such a big deal if it's not *the* site
element anymore.

It would solve our existing overflow problems, and give us space for
small notices at the top like "Would you like to view osm.org in
$language", or "head over to the wiki for Haiti mapping..". We might
even be able to move the search bar up there, users like the search
field at the top of the page. At least so Google, Wikimedia and others
have gathered.