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

[Janis Elmeris]

A couple of problems I can think of right now.

* The slowness of vector layer in IE without Canvas support (up to IE8, 
I guess?).
         Zac mentioned performance warnings when adding more than 1000 
objects. I get problems with IE7 when adding more than 100 objects. In 
my case they are text labels each constructed of two VML elements. They 
could theoretically be replaced by DIV elements, but probably better 
just wait for people to upgrade their browsers. A workaround is to 
measure and control the performance by OL library user script.

* The clumsy (not strightforward) way to get a marker (not necessarily 
meaning the Marker class here) on a map that display an info pop-up upon 
a mouse click.
         I've seen many posts where people are asking help on this, even 
though it would seem one of the basic features one would want to do with 
a map. In addition, it seems that there are several ways to do it, some 
official examples offered are out-dated and actually supposed to be 
deprecated (the Markers layers altogether, as I understand), and some 
functions supposedly (as per documentation) creating pop-ups do not work 
or do not work as it would seem they should.

Janis

On 2011.08.05. 10:26, Marc Jansen 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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