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

[Christian Quest]

+1

And don't forget JOSM basic and expert modes... which are already providing
an intermediate step between P2/iD dans the full featured JOSM.

+1 also to make iD the default editor on osm.org


2013/8/23 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>

> Hi,
>
>
> On 08/23/13 01:11, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
>>  > Given the maintenance situation on P2, promoting iD seems like the
>> only way forward.
>>
>> Web launch a JOSM session?
>>
>
> As an avid JOSM user and former member of the JOSM programming team I am
> happy to see that JOSM is thriving.
>
> Making the default "edit" action web-launch JOSM however would probably be
> the end of that (and not just because of the technological issues of web
> launch). Tons of newbies, overwhelmed by JOSM's broad array of capabilities
> and the not-necessarily-simple user interface that comes with it, would
> violate our data in ways that would make experienced mappers hark back to
> the good old days when it was only Potlatch 1 that people could do damage
> with. The limited available JOSM developer time would quickly be used up by
> making every bit of JOSM "newbie proof", and experienced users would
> complain about limitations introduced to reduce potential damage.
>
> Frankly I am quite happy that we have, in JOSM, an editor that, while free
> for everyone to try out, does target the more demanding users, and can
> therefor afford to be a little more demanding itself. An editor where as a
> programmer you don't have to think about whether your users know what a way
> or a node is and so on.
>
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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