[backstage-developer] WARN: backstage developer only list going down this weekend

2009-07-15 Thread Ian Forrester
This is the last call guys, the developer only list is going away at the end of the week. -- Hi Everyone, The developer only list (backstage-developer) was setup when there was massive amounts of traffic on the main list, however in recent months the traffic on the list has dropped and we

Re: [backstage-developer] Stuck in Web 1.0...

2009-07-15 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qrzz ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr ? 2009/7/15 Mick mick2...@hotmail.com Hi, I got to this list from a Radio 4 message board question, I’m not sure if this is the right place for my question but I appreciate any help you can give, though

Re: [backstage-developer] WARN: backstage developer only list going down this weekend

2009-07-15 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/7/15 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk This is the last call guys, the developer only list is going away at the end of the week. -- Hi Everyone, The developer only list (backstage-developer) was setup when there was massive amounts of traffic on the main list, ...and then I

Re: [backstage-developer] Stuck in Web 1.0...

2009-07-15 Thread Richard Jennings
there are program codes, series codes and episode codes. The best answer to your original question I can think of, is to use rss feeds to get episode codes from program codes, then use iplayer to play them. I don't know if it is still possible to reference a program with a code and automatically

Re: [backstage-developer] 'All-in-one' UK VOD Service..

2009-07-15 Thread Brian Butterworth
Jordan, Why didn't you just call this Project Kangaroo and have done with it? Looks good - perhaps you could use the BBC Glow toolkit to use some sliders, as this would allow you to get more choices on a single page? 2009/7/15 Jordan 1990jor...@gmail.com Firstly, sorry if this isn't the right

Re: [backstage] Mobile sites - how wide

2009-07-15 Thread Brian Butterworth
Hi, The only problem I have with the wurfl.sourceforge.net system is that the server I pay for has a memory limit (Allowed memory size of 68157440 bytes exhausted) and I can't unpack the XML file to the cache. But an online service would be great for mobile sites. There could be several ways to

Re: [backstage] BBC programme about Open Source being made ?

2009-07-15 Thread Tim Dobson
David Greaves wrote: I heard (from a colleague in the US) that the BBC were making a programme or series about open source. Anyone here know anything about it or anyone involved? Are you aware of that BBC funded two part documentary the name of which I've forgotten that got released under a

Re: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Peter Bowyer
On 15/07/2009, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk wrote: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/14/youtube-will-be-next-to-kiss-ie6-support-goodbye/ Interesting seeing how we still support IE6 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/technical/browser_support.shtml#support_table Large

[backstage] WARN: backstage developer only list going down this weekend

2009-07-15 Thread Ian Forrester
This is the last call guys, the developer only list is going away at the end of the week. -- Hi Everyone, The developer only list (backstage-developer) was setup when there was massive amounts of traffic on the main list, however in recent months the traffic on the list has dropped and we

RE: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Christopher Woods
Large parts of the UK government still use IE6 unfortunately. Especially unfortunate if you happen to be a member of that community :-( For shame, maybe they'll have to do some real work for once ;) IE6 should die a slow and painful death. Lack of comprehensive support for widely used

RE: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Ian Forrester
Scary thought, hope they turned off activex at least Ian Forrester This e-mail is: []secret; [x]private; []public Senior Producer, BBC Backstage, BBC RD Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk work: +44 (0)1612444063 | mob: +44 (0)7711913293

Re: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Peter Bowyer
On 15/07/2009, Christopher Woods chris...@infinitus.co.uk wrote: Large parts of the UK government still use IE6 unfortunately. Especially unfortunate if you happen to be a member of that community :-( For shame, maybe they'll have to do some real work for once ;) Nah, that would never

Re: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Scot McSweeney-Roberts
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 13:22, Peter Bowyer pe...@bowyer.org wrote: of the UK government still use IE6 unfortunately. Especially unfortunate if you happen to be a member of that community If you're in an organization (government or not) that's still mandating IE6 aren't you probably going to

Re: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Peter Bowyer
On 15/07/2009, Scot McSweeney-Roberts bbc_backst...@mcsweeney-roberts.co.uk wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 13:22, Peter Bowyer pe...@bowyer.org wrote: of the UK government still use IE6 unfortunately.Especially unfortunate if you happen to be a member of that community If you're in an

RE: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Christopher Woods
IE6 should die a slow and painful death. Yep. The main reason www.nhs.uk still supports it is because of all the internal users who have it - many of them senior stakeholders for whom the standard argument about obsolescence wouldn't wash. It's just disgraceful really. Maybe the

RE: [backstage] WARN: backstage developer only list going down this weekend

2009-07-15 Thread Paul Daniel
How come when you make these announcements about closing the developer list something contrary happens? The last time it was a flurry of activity on the developer list. This time it's a flurry of activity on the main list. Most odd. -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk

RE: [backstage] You Tube to drop support for IE6

2009-07-15 Thread Andrew Bowden
IE6 should die a slow and painful death. Lack of comprehensive support for widely used aspects of various web languages, necessitating kludgey workarounds to make things render at least moderately close to how the designers want them to look. It's just plain rubbish. IE6 has lived long

RE: [backstage] WARN: backstage developer only list going down this weekend

2009-07-15 Thread Paul Daniel
And now a late fightback on the developer list. -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk]on Behalf Of Ian Forrester Sent: 15 July 2009 13:26 To: backstage-develo...@lists.bbc.co.uk Cc: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage]