On 8 May 2013 08:38, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday, OpenStreetMap launched iD, an in-browser editor so that you can > edit the map. > > You no longer need to download JOSM, the desktop application, or use > Potlatch, a Flash-based application. > > When you start using iD, it gives you an introductory guide on how to > edit. The app is designed to let newbies start editing very quickly and > easily, without having to go and read documentation or a load of other > cruft. > > It's an amazing bit of open source work and has the potential for making > it dramatically easier for new users to jump in and make their first edit, > and then get utterly addicted. > > There's a site about it here: > http://ideditor.com/ > > Blog post about it from the official OSM blog: > > http://blog.openstreetmap.org/2013/05/07/openstreetmap-launches-all-new-easy-map-editor-and-announces-funding-appeal/ > > My off-the-cuff reactions: > http://tommorris.org/posts/8264 ;) > > Yes, the iD editor is fantastic and OSM (with the Knight Foundation's help) should be proud of themselves.
> Now the Foundation just need to do the same for Wikipedia and the other > Wikimedia projects with VisualEditor, right...? > Well, we'll do our best. (Note, BTW, that it's not just WMF that's involved in the development of VisualEditor and we're delighted to take on volunteers! Don't give WMF all the credit.) I don't think we'll have the time to make a whizzy "introduction" like iD has before the beta launches, but we're keen to do something similar in the short-term after that, probably working with the E3 team to extend the "Guided Tours" tool. J. -- James D. Forrester Product Manager, VisualEditor Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. [email protected] | @jdforrester _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
