[DUG] TUMONZ SDK beta program - general GUI design

[Phil Middlemiss]

Firefox shouldn't have any problems at all. It was developed mostly 
using Firefox (great for debugging). Have you got the latest version of 
both Firefox and Java?

Neven MacEwan wrote:
> Phil
>
> Is it meant to support Firefox? (Is just killed mine)
> Linz don't, I complained over their search function not working and 
> they told me not to use Firefox (oh to be a monopolistic government dept)
>
> Neven
>
> Phil Scadden wrote:
>>> For sure, skin a cat, many ways etc etc.  FYI my typical usage of a
>>> mapping program (windows based, I haven't used Tumonz live other 
>>> than to
>>> try it out) it to do a text search for a location, click on that
>>> location so that the map will bring me to that location hopefully at a
>>> reasonable zoom level.  Then pan around that location.  I never find a
>>> location by locating it on a big scale then zooming into it so for me
>>> zoom is a very rarely used feature.
>>
>> Hmm, but for others its huge. Want to work in  a particular area. It 
>> probably
>> doesn't have a name, so locate in map of nz by marque box, and then
>> probably another iteration to get area right as recognisable features 
>> come
>> in by zooming in. Now, lets say want to locate land owner so can contact
>> them. Chances are I am zooming in and out all the time to get workable
>> information where landowner is on small blocks. Ditto when finding
>> things like schools or petrol stations.
>>
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>> Phil Scadden, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
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