[backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
Today has a new page, I note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm (Is that a composite photo?) Glad to see you don't need RealPlayer any more to listen again, it uses Flash instead. Brian
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
Hopefully the BBC will keep things like RM for use on internet radios as IME they don't like flash. But for web browsing I agree, flash is nicer than RM! Darren On 11 jun 2008, at 10.31, Brian Butterworth wrote: Today has a new page, I note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm (Is that a composite photo?) ¦ darren at ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ ¦ ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ +46 8 5511 4995 (SWE) ¦ +44 203 014 3839 (UK) ¦ ¦ extn 8001 ¦
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
I guess all the consituent parts exist already - I was thinking more of an app that would make it easy for you to skip items whilst cooking, or washing up, or in the car etc. If you have a CD player in the kitchen, it is very easy to skip to the next track - you stop what you're doing for a second, and hit one button. The same isn't true of trying to skip through items on the today programme - stare at the screen, grab the mouse, choose from a number of links, and click on one. Hit the space bar to hear the next item would be a nice feature. I'm not saying it should be part of the today website, just that if I had any programming skills whatsoever, I'd like to make it! Tom On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/6/11 Tom Hannen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've been thinking about a nice idea for a Today programme web-app. When clicked, it would start playing the most recent Today programme (from 6:30am or whenever it starts now), and then whenever you hear an item that is boring you, you could hit a button / space bar / wiimote / etc, and you would be skipped on to the next item in the running order. It would be great for late-risers, and statistics from it might make interesting reading... It starts at 6am! It would be nice to have all the audio clips for the day on http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7447000/7447573.stm so you could do that. You could even expand it to give you a choice when they do the split for Yesterday in Parliament, or the cricket. That bit is here already... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/tip/ Tom On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:42 AM, D P Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully the BBC will keep things like RM for use on internet radios as IME they don't like flash. But for web browsing I agree, flash is nicer than RM! Darren On 11 jun 2008, at 10.31, Brian Butterworth wrote: Today has a new page, I note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm (Is that a composite photo?) ¦ darren at ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ ¦ ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ +46 8 5511 4995 (SWE) ¦ +44 203 014 3839 (UK) ¦ ¦ extn 8001 ¦ - 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/ -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 - 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/
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
2008/6/11 Tom Hannen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've been thinking about a nice idea for a Today programme web-app. When clicked, it would start playing the most recent Today programme (from 6:30am or whenever it starts now), and then whenever you hear an item that is boring you, you could hit a button / space bar / wiimote / etc, and you would be skipped on to the next item in the running order. It would be great for late-risers, and statistics from it might make interesting reading... It starts at 6am! It would be nice to have all the audio clips for the day on http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7447000/7447573.stm so you could do that. You could even expand it to give you a choice when they do the split for Yesterday in Parliament, or the cricket. That bit is here already... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/tip/ Tom On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:42 AM, D P Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully the BBC will keep things like RM for use on internet radios as IME they don't like flash. But for web browsing I agree, flash is nicer than RM! Darren On 11 jun 2008, at 10.31, Brian Butterworth wrote: Today has a new page, I note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm (Is that a composite photo?) ¦ darren at ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ ¦ ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ +46 8 5511 4995 (SWE) ¦ +44 203 014 3839 (UK) ¦ ¦ extn 8001 ¦ - 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/ -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
I've been thinking about a nice idea for a Today programme web-app. When clicked, it would start playing the most recent Today programme (from 6:30am or whenever it starts now), and then whenever you hear an item that is boring you, you could hit a button / space bar / wiimote / etc, and you would be skipped on to the next item in the running order. It would be great for late-risers, and statistics from it might make interesting reading... You could even expand it to give you a choice when they do the split for Yesterday in Parliament, or the cricket. Tom On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:42 AM, D P Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully the BBC will keep things like RM for use on internet radios as IME they don't like flash. But for web browsing I agree, flash is nicer than RM! Darren On 11 jun 2008, at 10.31, Brian Butterworth wrote: Today has a new page, I note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm (Is that a composite photo?) ¦ darren at ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ ¦ ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ +46 8 5511 4995 (SWE) ¦ +44 203 014 3839 (UK) ¦ ¦ extn 8001 ¦ - 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/
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
On Wed Jun 11 09:31:27 2008, Brian Butterworth wrote: Glad to see you don't need RealPlayer any more to listen again, it uses Flash instead. Um, thanks for making internet radio _completely_ unavailable to me. - Fred - 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/
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
Now **that** would be nice. I find myself with various podcasts often thinking about something else when a less than interesting bit comes along ! Darren On 11 jun 2008, at 13.07, Tom Hannen wrote: item that is boring you, you could hit a button / space bar / wiimote / etc, and you would be skipped on to the next item in the running ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦ ¦ darren at ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ ¦ ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ +46 8 5511 4995 (SWE) ¦ +44 203 014 3839 (UK) ¦ ¦ extn 8001 ¦
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
Tom Hannen wrote: I guess all the consituent parts exist already - I was thinking more of an app that would make it easy for you to skip items whilst cooking, or washing up, or in the car etc. If you have a CD player in the kitchen, it is very easy to skip to the next track - you stop what you're doing for a second, and hit one button. The same isn't true of trying to skip through items on the today programme - stare at the screen, grab the mouse, choose from a number of links, and click on one. Hit the space bar to hear the next item would be a nice feature. I'm not saying it should be part of the today website, just that if I had any programming skills whatsoever, I'd like to make it! I wonder if segmented MP3 podcasts would be an elegant way to enable this functionality? S - 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/
[backstage] Too much iPhone already!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/06/mad_about_mac.html
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
Glad to see you don't need RealPlayer any more to listen again, it uses Flash instead. Um, thanks for making internet radio _completely_ unavailable to me. Ditto! I can no longer listen to my favourite shows at all now! :-( Dan - 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/
Re: [backstage] RealPlayer banished Toady!
2008/6/12 Dogsbody [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Glad to see you don't need RealPlayer any more to listen again, it uses Flash instead. Um, thanks for making internet radio _completely_ unavailable to me. Ditto! I can no longer listen to my favourite shows at all now! :-( Why? This change effects only *listen again* for one show. This suggests to me that you are comlaining about something you don't use. What strange install allows RealPlaer but not Flash? Dan - 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 http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
