[OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

Christian Quest cquest at openstreetmap.fr
Sat Aug 17 14:54:58 UTC 2013


Users can already decide in their profile, so we're talking more about
a "default by default"...


2013/8/17 Tom MacWright <tom at macwright.org>:
> Hi,
>
>> Why do we set a default editor right from the beginning and do not let the
>> user decide ?
>
> That's a question for another thread, but the answer is likely to be
> 'reasonable defaults'.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:34 AM, colliar <colliar4ever at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>>
>> Why do we set a default editor right from the beginning and do not let
>> the user decide ?
>>
>> I think it depends on the individual which editor fits to whom. I met
>> several people who know how to work with GUIs but are not familiar with
>> OSM. All had no problem getting along with JOSM right away and some
>> where looking for features like "filter", "purge", "export to file/gpx"
>> and "printing".
>>
>> The international student projects on several highschool across Europe
>> did only use JOSM and it work, too.
>>
>> A short description of iD, Potlatch2, JOSM and Merkaartor with links
>> would be nice.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Colliar
>>
>>
>> On 16.08.2013 08:59, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >     it has been proposed to make the newly released iD v1.1 the default
>> > editor on openstreetmap.org, meaning that if someone doesn't explicitly
>> > chose an editor they will open iD instead of Potlatch.
>> >
>> > Refer to the previous thread "In the works: iD 1.1" for details on that
>> > release.
>> >
>> > The relevant GitHub "pull request" is here:
>> >
>> > https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/453
>> >
>> > It is likely that this "pull request" will be "merged" (i.e. accepted
>> > and incorporated into the OSM web site) in the near future unless there
>> > are important reasons not to.
>> >
>> > Bye
>> > Frederik
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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