[OSM-talk] Changeset messaging & Notes feature question

[colliar]

Am 01.01.2015 um 01:39 schrieb Tom Hughes:> On 01/01/15 00:36, Dave F.
wrote:

Hey

>> 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.

Would be nice if the two lowest buttons for activating "Report/Open
note" and "Query" would be deactivated with a second click and maybe
restore the previous state considering notes.

Thanks colliar
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