Hi Matt,
As a follow on to confirming I am a firm believer for advancement and
development. I seem to recall writing to Jonathan Edwards at the BBC
back in 1998, suggesting that they seriously look into the future of
developing Set top box and satellite technology service channels to
compete against Sky Digital advancement in this sector. I suggested at
that time as part of the television license bundle to offer a free set
top box.
So I could never be accused of not being a visionary. I do care however,
about development responsibility to meet the demands of the masses for
social advancement and especially now that China are viewing the BBC web
site. The images I have seen on the television regarding the Internet
Café monitors in China tell me they are mainly 17" monitors. To run a
1024 x 800 especially in Mandarin is a problem viewing and more so
English for these citizens.
Regards
Alastair :-)
Matt Barber wrote:
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:49 PM, A Agutter Pineapple Blue
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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
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