[OpenLayers-Users] Poll: Common pitfalls when using OpenLayers / what annoys you the most?

[Zac Spitzer]

most of the time, it's the silent failures which can be very
frustrating / confusing,
like when json fails to parse, an empty object is returned (might of
been fixed tho?)

it's also easy enough to mix up passing in parameters in options or
layer params,
having a heavy debug mode which validates struct parameters as being known
parameters would be helpful for beginners.

also spitting out performance warnings when adding 1000's of items to
vector layer in older versions of IE

there is a wealth of post's of common problems which people
have posted on the mailing list about

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Marc Jansen <jansen at terrestris.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> for my talk "Common pitfalls for users of OpenLayers" [1] at this years
> FOSS4G [2] I want to evaluate the parts of OpenLayers where users of the
> library experience problems.
>
> You would help me -- and the project itself -- a lot if you could answer
> in this thread and tell me what problems you had working with OpenLayers.
>
> Please do not hesitate to tell us what has bugged you, what was unclear
> or non-intuitive. Provide us with the sall and the big annoyances Of
> course you are heavily encouraged to provide ways around the pitfalls
> and possible enhancements.
>
> I want to identify areas which often cause problems... and eventually I
> plan on making the library better where this is possible.
>
> Anyone is invited to share his/her thoughts -- so if you want the
> library to improve, go on and tell us where we can make things better.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Marc
>
>
> [1] http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/common-pitfalls-users-openlayers
> [2] http://2011.foss4g.org/
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