On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:49 PM, A Agutter Pineapple Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Planning When Developing (Current Topic BBC Dimensions). > > The current subject in the group is in relation to the display > dimensions. After years and years of research, the optimal size is 800 x > 600 and you need to build to that size and standard. > > The BBC needs to build 800 x 600 to ensure a starting point for cross > platform compatibility. Especially in relation to the little people and > our more senior members of the community who we must not forget who > suffer from sight. >
These points are valid - But I am a believer in taking things forward, and not getting stuck with 800x600 because the aforementioned research says so... The name escapes me, I think it was on the BBC Blog, saying that 95% of users are on 1024 and up. That's some research you can't really ignore... I agree fully that it's important to consider those with sight problems, as well as all other difficulties that may stop them from equally and easily accessing information on the Internet. But it is also important in my opinion to consider this generation of Internet users, and to become engaging, to embrace methods to carry stories forward more effectively than text can itself, with mediums of sound, video, and utilizing larger screens and processing power. To say we need to stay behind to allow everyone to keep up, is similar to saying we need to compress all our images to 16 colour because not everyone has upgraded yet. (Bit of an extreme example, but it kind of works right?) Sure, accompany this new content with innovation to help users with sight problems, by offering accessible pages, screen reader compatibility, audio news and so on. Offer closed captions to people with hearing difficulties, which is already appearing on some BBC media - an awesome feature that I hope rolls out to every video. Are you saying that you like the change (moving forward in regard to design and functionality etc.) but you would like to see more compatibility be introduced? Maybe in the form of alternative versions? ./Matt - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
