[OSM-talk] Changeset messaging & Notes feature question

[Tom Hughes]

On 01/01/15 00:36, Dave F. wrote:

> I'm struggling to comprehend how a button to turn off the notes layer,
> that's separate (& hidden!) from the only obvious button to turn the
> layer on can be described as 'logical' to an experienced user let alone
> a newbie..

Well the problem is that what you see as a "button to turn on the notes 
layer" is what I see as a "button to add a new note" ;-) That button was 
intended to encode the "add a note" action, not the "view notes" action.

If I just wanted to view existing notes I wouldn't use that button, I 
would open the layer switcher and turn on the notes layer.

>> The problem with turning off the notes layer again when the add note
>> control is disabled is that it might already have been on before you
>> started adding a note, so we would probably have to remember if we had
>> turned it on or if it was already on .
>
>> Trying to figure out what to do if somebody starts toggling the notes
>> layers on and off manually while the add note control is active just
>> introduces even more levels of complication...
>
> By 'we' do you mean the programmers? I hope not. It's not that
> complicated! on/off, yes/no, 0/1 binary! It's the DNA of computers!

No I'm not saying the programming is necessary complicated, I'm saying 
it's hard to know what the correct behaviour is from a UX point of view.

Tom

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