id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
404	Latest JOSM is a usability nightmare	lauri.hahne@…	framm	"In latest JOSM more and more stuff has been moved away from GUI and replaced with keyboard shortcuts. As such shortcuts aren't bad but bot having clearly visible options for same stuff is bad.

All actions should be evident to user, not something like shift click this and ctrl click that. And to make matters worse, there is practically no documentation.

I just downloaded the latest JOSM and at least the following are problems as compared to earlier versions.

1. How do I add a node into way
1. How do I add a node without extending a way.
1. How do I select an object without using move tool.
1. How do I deselect anything without using move tool.


Combining the move and select tool is the worst design choice ever. These are two actions that have nothing to do with each other. Who ever has done this should read some books on usability before even daring to do any changed to GUI.

It appears that who ever has done these changes has thought about doing JOSM easier to use but the current design violates every mental model imagenable.

I hope that something will be do to correct these defects as currently JOSM is even worse to use than Potlach which it tries ti hideously immitate by hiding functionality behind keybord shortcuts which aren't documented."	defect	closed	critical		Core		fixed	select move new-node	steelman