[OSM-talk] New technology ...

[Tom MacWright]

> was that really so much? In my perception it was very few (if any, less
than 3) who were generally against it, the rest were kind of bug reports,
unfortunately not always setting the right tone.

52 messages in the 'Upgraded map controls' thread, 13 in this one, 12 in
the one split off of this one, 39 comments on the pull request. Around 116
messages in total, though that's only the English count and I'm sure that
there's something on talk-de.


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> Tom MacWright wrote:
>
>>  >  I don't have to live with someone else's preferences.
>>
>> On the internet, you have been. For years now, every single day.
>>
>
> No - If I don't like something I don't use it ... that includes Google!
>
>
>   > Everybody is off making a better 'widget' for their pet project and
>> nobody is
>> looking at the problem as a whole?
>>
>> You mean in OSM? Look at how much push-back we get on something like
>> Map-UI -
>> tens of angry comments about how X changed. Now imagine a much larger
>> redesign.
>>
>
> There has be complaints about not publishing things or it being discussed
> on other lists. In reality some of these changes should have been discussed
> on the leaflet list? It's their changes that are being pushed on us? So a
> proper debate on opening up the field to provide access to tools tailored
> for their target audience seems logical. The 'slippy map' is only
> addressing a small user area, and better publication of the alternatives
> would seem sensible. Perhaps we ACTUALLY need a map style selector on the
> front page rather than a single link to a particular map tool?
>
>
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