[OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

[Tom MacWright]

Hey,

Let's also not lose the fact that this thread started with 'Should we
remove the +/- buttons' and has visited about 10 topics in 37 emails since
then. Maybe it's time to start fresh with a focused thread.

Tom


On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Michal Migurski <mike at teczno.com> wrote:

> On Jul 21, 2013, at 5:42 AM, Pieren wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>
> wrote:
> >> On 20/07/2013 12:57, Paul Norman wrote:
> >
> >> Rails port pull requests?!?! wtf.
> > :
> >> I really think some developers are living in their own world.
> >
> > lol. They do !
> > If you missed the discussion because you don't watch the non-localized
> > 35 mailing lists, 5 irc channels, 13 forums, 8 foundation working
> > groups reports, all pull requests discussions in github/osm and the
> > videos of the last SOTM, it's really your fault :-)
>
>
> Supporting official venues for orderly change is what the board should be
> doing, but is not. I would support the creation and use of a
> proposal/vote/implementation process for the community, even if the first
> proposal is just "be it resolved that Mapbox accepts responsibility for the
> visual design of OSM.org".
>
> The new icons and map controls are good and I'm getting accustomed to
> them, but the process by which they made it onto the site worries me.
> Mostly, it's because Saman opened his SotM-US talk with a "blow it all up"
> slide and finished with gamification that I'm uneasy with how we're
> treating the visual presentation of OSM.org. Gamification is a sad, sorry
> sideshow and we shouldn't do it; it only became a meme because Zynga made a
> zillion dollars and look how that turned out. Do we plan to follow through
> on gamifying the OSM UI as Saman suggested in his talk? I don't know, and I
> don't want to have to subscribe to Github pull requests to find out.
>
> Let's not lose sight of the fact that OSM.org has mapped the world in a
> decade.
>
> -mike.
>
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