I just got sent this: *http://david.woodhou.se/get_iplayer_setup_4.0.exe *
On 28 May 2010 00:15, David Woodhouse <dw...@infradead.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 22:56 +0100, Jonathan Tweed wrote: > > On 27 May 2010, at 20:42, David Woodhouse <dw...@infradead.org> wrote: > > > > > Personally, all my use of iPlayer content is to fetch something I'm > > > already aware of; I'm not just browsing randomly. And for that, I find > > > that a command line tool gives a _much_ better experience than any > > > point-and-drool GUI could ever provide. > > > > You're missing two very important words there: for you. > > Surely those two words would be redundant, given that I already went > back to that sentence to insert the words 'I find that' before sending > it? That was certainly my intention. > > > > But there _are_ GUI tools which make use of get_iplayer, such as the > > > get_iplayer.cgi script which runs a local web server and points your > > > browser at it. They haven't received a lot of love because most people > > > with sufficient clue to work on them don't really _care_ about such > > > things. > > > > I think Kieran's point is that they should. That's what will drive > > widespread adoption. > > That presumes that "they" _want_ widespread adoption, of course. I can't > speak for "them" but personally, I don't really care very much about how > widely get_iplayer (or any other Free Software I work on) is adopted. > It's fun when people out there are using your code, but that kind of > lost its novelty after the first few million units shipped. > > I started working on get_iplayer because I find it useful and I know > that other people find it useful too. Without it, the iPlayer is fairly > useless to me. My broadband at home is far too slow to watch things in > real time with any reasonable quality, BT want £128,000 to install a > second line, so my only real option is to download things and then watch > them. > > I'm completely uninterested in the GUI side. I'd be the wrong person to > do any GUI support because I'd never want to _use_ anything like that. > > If you or Kieran are actually _interested_ in the GUIs... have you > _looked_ at get_iplayer.cgi or at the iPlayer support in XBMC? > > -- > dwmw2 > > - > 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
