[OSM-talk] iD Editor live on OpenStreetMap

[Nick Whitelegg]

To reply to both yours and Dave F's post in one, as I've got the same comment:

*Constructive* criticism is *absolutely fine*. No problem whatsoever to politely point out flaws and areas for improvement.

 I have issues, I am afraid, with disrespectful terms in criticism, and I've said this before. Terms like "a joke" IMO, I'm afraid, come across to me as rude. Polite and constructive criticism ("I believe that iD has a few flaws where the usability could be improved: these are (list)" is perfectly fine.

I just believe more respect is due to open-source developers, as a general point. People like the iD developers and others work hard in their own time, for no pay. I'm just asking for politeness, that's all. Not a veto of criticism.

Nick

-----"John F. Eldredge" <john at jfeldredge.com> wrote: -----
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From: "John F. Eldredge" <john at jfeldredge.com>
Date: 24/05/2013 02:34PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] iD Editor live on OpenStreetMap

                   
On 05/24/2013 06:15 AM, Nick Whitelegg       wrote:
          
         I don't regularly use iD myself (JOSM user), but, on behalf of         its developers: negative comments like this are unhelpful and         denigrate the vast amount of hard work that has gone into         producing the editor. If you don't like it, complain about it to         your friends in private, change the code, but do not slag it off         on a public mailing list!
         
         Nick
         
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             From: razor74 <radulescu.razvan at gmail.com>
             Date: 24/05/2013 09:36AM
             Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] iD Editor live on OpenStreetMap
             
             
The                 worst editor ewer. With this will result many damages                 and
                 incompatibilities. From newbies ofcourse. Potlatch is                 the best blend for
                 advanced users and for new ones with alot of info and                 very friendly
                 interface. This is a joke. Take it down before destroyed                 the existent maps
                 with alot of hard work on them!
                 
                 
                 
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          So, you feel that non-programmers, who have justified reasons to     complain about the design, such as the silent removal of highway     tags, should not be able to let their opinion of the bad design be     made known?
     
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