Hi Jonathan, I can answer number 1 without asking anyone else: it's because GIFs serve our current audience need. Our audience wouldn't gain anything through the use of SVG for static images on the site, and the feed is obviously just a copy of what we publish to the site.
I understand that you're an SVG evangelist and that's great, but surely you would want us to use SVG where it adds value to our users, rather than just as a drop-in replacement for a GIF that doesn't really prove anything? We don't need to zoom, or scale, or print, or search our weather symbols, so a GIF suits us fine for now. For yoru question number 2, can you provide us with examples? Brendan. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of "~:'' ????????????" Sent: 07 December 2007 15:50 To: Brendan Quinn Cc: [email protected] Subject: [backstage-developer] 2 unresolved weather queries Brendan, thanks for your rapid response, please could you ask Mike and Frances Kathryn had been looking into 2 questions for me before she left: 1 what is the reason that SVG weather symbols are not in the feed? 2 there are frequent discrepancies between the text and the graphics. this makes it difficult or close to impossible to display the correct graphic. ie the text provided when searched for and found, using say php will provide a different graphic to the one being displayed by the BBC. this is nothing to do with the previous query, ie either 24 hr - or - 5 day display this error this thread started 25/07/07: who to ask: SVG in weather feeds? emails exchanged via this list through august, september october to now... cheers Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet On 7 Dec 2007, at 14:41, Brendan Quinn wrote: Hi Jonathan, I've spoken with Mike and Frances, our friendly neighbourhood weather procducer, and Frances said this: "The Met Office send the 24 hour forecasts and 5 day forecasts as separate feeds. Unfortunately they are produced at different times and there is no QA at the moment to ensure that the forecasts are in sync. We raise this with the Met Office regularly and they assure us that they are working to improve their data and put in better QA processes." Hope that helps... Brendan. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of "~:'' ????????????" Sent: 07 December 2007 11:56 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage-developer] why does 3hrs light rain showers/ 24hrs equate to 24hrs heavy showers/5days? it seems Kathryn has left... is Mike Hilton on this list? anyone have contact details? kathryn fails to provide any.... regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet On 7 Dec 2007, at 11:47, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: why does 3hrs light rain showers/24hrs equate to 24hrs heavy showers/ 5days? http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/24hr.shtml?world=0008 http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0008 comparing these 2 pages for today, the first suggests there is 3 hours light rain showers at 9:00 followed by sunny intervals until dark then clear all night. whereas the second suggest heavy showers for Friday, the two just don't seem to relate at all well. it would also be great to know if Kathryn's still at the BBC, she's not responded to my previous posting, though she had taken responsibility and assured me she would research the matter and get back.... regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
