[OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

[Simon Poole]

Lester

Isn't
a) the welcome box
and
b) the Learn more/About page
a -lot- better on explaining what OSM is about than anything you could
find within one click (if at all) on the old site?

I really fail to see what you believe was better about the old layout,
maybe if you could give an example?

Simon

Am 30.11.2013 15:41, schrieb Lester Caine:
> Rob Nickerson wrote:
>> Hi Lester,
>>
>> If you are after a full screen map for your website, it is very easy
>> to create
>> one with a simple html page that links to Leaflet (the tool for
>> providing pan
>> and zoom, etc) and the tiles server at OSM. I've attached something I
>> was able
>> to get up and running quite quickly. My web developer skills are near
>> zero :-)
>
> You are missing the point Rob ...
>
> People are used to clicking on 'View larger map' and getting to Google
> Maps. The OLD website while not the prettiest was more in the style of
> what people are used to getting. I want to promote OSM and so I need
> something that is on the OSM side that is uasable. I've just switched
> all of the promotional links from openstreetmap.org to
> wiki.openstreetmap.org as THAT is a lot more informative than where
> people are ending currently!
>
> The new front end has a place, but THAT is probably at
> map.openstreetmap.org rather than the main front page. Even if I was
> seaching for OSM cold I think I'd feel 'What the f**k' when confronted
> simply with a map and a few strange links. Being forced to log in just
> to get to something usable information wise is just not right. None of
> the first clicks give any sensible support for a new user even if they
> ARE looking for contributing.
>
> If OSM is not going to provide a usable set of pages, then I will roll
> my own. I do already have that running, but it's OSM's site that needs
> to be linked to directly to promote it!
>