On 09/01/2008, Matthew Cashmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As this is the developer list I'd like to keep it quite technical here > before we open it out to the main list for general feedback... However... > In this instance I was really interested in this work (which came out of > the last labs) because it solves a specific problem for N&R – that being if > you live on the border between say Cornwall and Devon how can we quickly and > easily allow people to balance their content....? There are much bigger > plans afoot for a proper solution to that and I don't want to get into that > at the moment and certainly not on the developer list – but this struck me > as a very easy and quick way to offer functionality on the WIL sites... >
IMHO, the problem of location would be probably be better computed by having a geocode or postcode in each of the stories relating to the location, as it would then be possible to work out which stories are the most "local" to you using a radial distance calculation. But as you say... It would be very interesting to see how many people would > actually use them. > > That's an interesting point actually – should 'useability' be part of the > developer list or is that something that should be kept to the main list? > > m > > > On 9/1/08 15:08, "James Cridland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 8, 2008 3:16 PM, neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Questions include: Is this intuitive? Does the data shift as you might > expect? Are two sliders too complex? Is a slider appropriate here, or should > something else be used? Is the sorting algorithm right? What should we do > about duplicate entries? > > > A little bit of feedback from my previous team (with their permission): > > There were nice sliders on some of the pages on Virgin Radio's website (on > http://www.virginradio.co.uk/vip/lounge/ , which you need to be logged in > for) - allowing you to see something akin to Facebook's river of news, but > enable you to tweak it. Similar to this, in fact. > > All usage of these sliders were logged (my team logged everything, I made > a point of it). After monitoring it, only 2% of people actually ever > bothered to use them. They've since been removed. > > So: very pretty and all, but I'm not sure they'll be used. Please go ahead > and prove me wrong! :) > > > > _______________________ > *Matthew Cashmore > *Development Producer > * > **BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation > *BC5C3, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TP > > *T:* 020 8008 3959 (02 83959) > *M:* 07711 913241 (072 83959) > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
