Re: [backstage] iplayer css broken in chrome?

James, I had a similar issue with safari a couple of weeks back nearly brought it to the list, but it cleared after a few days... as you gather, an issue around the stylesheet regards ~: On 29 Nov 2009, at 23:03, James Crowley wrote: Don’t know if it’s just me, but the CSS files seem to be

[backstage] ziplayer = 3x iplayer?

ziplayer = 3x iplayer? a control to listen and view iplayer content at 3x speed** has anyone seen a demo? I'd like to save time reviewing occasional content before presenting it. regards ~: **TV Raman http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/business/04blind.html? - Sent via the

Re: [backstage-developer] BBC or other picture feeds?

Andrew, some very obvious cases where images appear in isolation include apple iTunes, google images, slide-show screen-savers, etc... common visual search applications include flash-cards, collages, flick- books etc however there is a requirement that the images communicate something to

Re: [backstage] One-day Conference To Help Web Developers AddressAccessibility in Web 2.0

I recently attended: an evening event at Google in London. Only three of around sixty developers present admitted to any knowledge or experience with accessibility. two day semantic barcamp in London again only three of around sixty developers present admitted to any knowledge or experience

[backstage] Olympic symbols

Olympic symbols anyone know whether these have been designed yet, or the tendering process? symbol users really need access to them, but until now they have been tightly controlled under copyright. wondering if we might see SVG ones with less restrictions? asking Ken... regards

[backstage] Re: Olympic sports symbols

wrote: Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 (c. 32) On 18/02/2008, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Olympic symbols anyone know whether these have been designed yet, or the tendering process? symbol users really need access to them, but until now they have been tightly

[backstage-developer] request for feeds with pictures

request for feeds with pictures http://peepo.getmyip.com/~JonathanChetwynd/zanadu.svg does the bbc provide any feeds with pictures? anyone have favourites beyond ebay and flickr? any news feeds with pictures? How about feeds with limited vocabularies suited to icons? similar to the weather,

[backstage] request for feeds with pictures

request for feeds with pictures http://peepo.getmyip.com/~JonathanChetwynd/zanadu.svg does the bbc provide any feeds with pictures? anyone have favourites beyond ebay and flickr? any news feeds with pictures? How about feeds with limited vocabularies suited to icons? similar to the weather,

Re: [backstage] realplayer as link broken, why?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Alan, this seems to have been an Opera bug and has been filed as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] kind regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet On 15 Jan 2008, at 10:10, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: Alan, taken off-list, thanks

[backstage] fully accessible???

http://www.stuart-pinfold.co.uk/bits/corrmap/ Stuart, is it just me? or is that yellow text on white background all but impossible to read? and with just 4 BBC correspondents and no full bureau in the UK have the cutbacks gone too far? regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant

Re: [backstage] Transcript for Backstage Accessibility podcast

http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/12/podcast_accessi.html http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/12/podcast_accessi_1.html Ian, congratulations, and my aplogies, if I became overbearing or worse... best wishes Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and

[backstage-developer] iplayer keyboard navigation

iplayer keyboard navigation who is responsible for developing the iplayer CSS style sheets? for whatever reason it seems the CSS styling is not being applied to keyboard navigation. that is when using the cursor, position is indicated with pink, grey or highlight backgrounds as default.

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

I also like the initial effect, however... why is 50% of the space uneditable? seems contrary to sense, can't find any excuse for the obligatory large picture with 4 choices, please remove, optionally of course ~: the directory could also be editable, with a minimise and reset if desirable.

[backstage] Re: Accessibility in a Web 2.0 world

remember to link or attribute the source. Cheers Ian ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: Ian, where's the promised transcript? hey and thanks again, turned out fine on the day... regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet On 3 Dec 2007, at 11:22, Ian

[backstage] RSS feed for emergency information

RSS feed for emergency information http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/latest_incidents.asp is a primary resource for current incidents within London. It seem obvious that this should be available as an RSS feed, but where is it? regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media

[backstage] Always yesterday's weather feed?

, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: weather feed: thursday why is the BBC weather feed showing thursday's weather? http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/24hr.shtml?world=0008 I do find this fairly frequently and rather unhelpful. It's a beta for the BBC's new weather catch-up service, iMbrella. If you missed

Re: [backstage] Sky News 'Dev Garage' competition

Sean, it seems they're offering up to 5x£200 and 1x£1000 rather less than £10k. regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet On 2 Nov 2007, at 11:25, Sean Dillon wrote: I know this is not strictly about the BBC products, but I think developers

[backstage] Transcript: Ashley Highfield on iPlayer - 26min Interview

Ian Ashley, given the BBCs commitment to Accessibility, did I miss something? where's the transcript? what percentage of 'iplayer' content will have a text equivalent? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet apologies for dupe, hadn't appreciated

Re: [backstage] flash accessibility

accessibility but flash generally doesn't allow deep linking How do you work that out? On 10/15/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon, apologies, can be a bit blunt if not downright wrong at times... peepo.com and peepo.co.uk are projects I ran for many years, designed

Re: [backstage] An interview with Mark Taylor, Pres. of UK Open Source Consortium

David, my apologies as it seems that once again my comments lack some clarity. where are the easy-to-use tools? Ubuntu and Gnome are hardly mainstream... the most significant issue is that no open source project outside possibly wikipedia is truly popular. NB wikipedia is not an application

Re: [backstage] An interview with Mark Taylor, Pres. of UK Open Source Consortium

Ian, the unfortunate fact is that open source is not above or beyond this type of controversy. ie who funds the developers? who are they developing for? in many cases developers: have little or no understanding of a 'public' audience. actively refrain from user testing. encourage feature

Re: [backstage] flash accessibility

Simon Jason, maybe you are considering the webcam question doesn't need to be switch accessible? of course that makes the user dependent on others and is 'frustrating' to say the least... Camino 2007101201 2.0a1pre, the smaller window pops open, but seems to close immediately regards

Re: [backstage] flash accessibility

Simon, apologies, can be a bit blunt if not downright wrong at times... peepo.com and peepo.co.uk are projects I ran for many years, designed for the independent user who can navigate if not the operating system then have fun browsing the web if not in a sandbox, a select group of

[backstage] flash accessibility

Some BBC staff have been known to trumpet the accessibility features of flash. the BBC is also known to have tied itself into this commercial vendor. Can someone explain why on my OS X machine at least the supposedly switch accessible:

Re: [backstage] New Developer Focused List

Literacy and the Internet On 4 Oct 2007, at 15:02, Richard Lockwood wrote: Why would you be sending SVG in an email? Cheers, Rich. On 10/4/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew, usualy chaos registering, perhaps not helped by your instructions? seems majordomo doesn't

Re: [backstage] New Developer Focused List

Matthew, usualy chaos registering, perhaps not helped by your instructions? seems majordomo doesn't like html, neither do I, but it's currently the only way to send SVG and majordomo doesn't like anything in the subject line and best wishes Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility

Re: [backstage] New Developer Focused List

with attachments, not HTML / Flash / embedded graphics / scripts etc. Call me old school if you like. ;-) Cheers, Rich. On 10/4/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: goodness me Richard... well for one, I'm giving a short talk on SVG in email tomorrow, see this list last week... unfortunately

[backstage] Re: built with

http://www.peepo.co.uk they picked up on the CSS but seems to miss out on the meat regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

[backstage] SVG advantages of, degrading gracefully to gif

advantages of SVG, degrading gracefully to gif http://www.peepo.com is one example. note the greatly improved graphics. zoom in until one button or icon fills the screen, then use the keyboard (tab key) to cycle through the links. regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on

[backstage] SVG London User Group meeting 5/10/07

for those wanting to learn more about SVG this could be a great introduction. however there is very limited space. SVG London User Group meeting 5/10/07 It's been a while ~: Please let me know whether you would like to present or plan to attend. We have three short talks planned so far, ONS,

Re: [backstage] Fwd: Government response to petition 'iplayer'

given the subject, the BBCs failure to support a range of OSs as yet. it's doubtful they would make a case, let alone win in these circumstances... fair use, though distributing might change the legal view.. cheers Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the

Re: [Bulk] [backstage] Release: BBC Weather iGoogle gadget

how about offering SVG symbols too? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet On 1 Sep 2007, at 21:23, James Cridland wrote: A little bit of relaxation coding, and I'm proud to bring you my very first BBC Backstage iGoogle gadget.

[backstage] Fwd: who to ask: SVG in weather feeds?

, at 15:33, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: Kathryn, thanks for your prompt and encouraging replies** the weather gifs are poor imitations of original artwork that is almost certainly produced and available in SVG format*. It may be that the BBC doesn't own the original artwork, if so who does

Re: [backstage] Fwd: who to ask: SVG in weather feeds?

Adam, it's relatively simple to code so that svg defaults to gif or jpeg where no viewer is present as there is virtually no cost and considerable benefit for apparently 20% then yes it is worth it... one really excellent reason is to help discover and develop popular SVG user

[backstage] resize, rotate and move multiple video files while they are playing...

resize, rotate and move multiple video files while they are playing... http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2007/08/svg-video-demo.html http://ajaxian.com/archives/svg-video-now-playing-on-a-standard-near-you and http://labs.opera.com./ cheers Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media

Re: [backstage] Shadowy Technology

Pooh, what a cynic! presumably the software is on the senders end... cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 9 Aug 2007, at 17:26, Christopher Woods wrote: I give it about a month before someone hacks the software to enable someone to see what the camera on the other person's device sees without

Re: [backstage] Plain text or easy-to-parse news articles

Liam, I'm having a similar issue in that I wish to parse to SVG, and this could be easier... in fact in large part it's a problem with the specifications... cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 27 Jul 2007, at 09:48, Liam S Docherty wrote: The low graphics version sufffer from the same problem,

[backstage] who to ask: SVG in weather feeds?

SVG weather feeds: who to ask? Who at the BBC publishes the weather feeds? Is there a good reason the SVG icons are not linked within the feed? regards Jonathan Chetwynd - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

[backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently Who at the BBC publishes the weather feeds? why is it that the text description and images are not consistent? in other words, why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently? London today

[backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

spells, sunny periods, sunny breaks etc. It seems not. Map at: www.sdldev.co.uk/weather/map.asp Cheers, Rich. On 7/25/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently Who at the BBC publishes the weather

[backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

Paul, that's excellent thanks, I make it 18 commonly known and distinct icons. there is a fair amount of duplication not sure why this might be 2.gif and 7.gif for instance. perhaps they have different alpha transparencies? the one I missed is 28/30.gif which shares the same text description

Re: [backstage] feeds with icons or pictures?

Kim, that's all very interesting, however my interest is less in the legal position. Do you know of any BBC feeds that link to images? btw it is possible to provide acknowledgements for instance to reuters ap etc in the feed, and yahoo do, specifically in the alt text for the images.

Re: [backstage] feeds with icons or pictures?

It's weird how few people follow a thread, or even read the original post James and Brian, this request concerns BBC feeds that update on a regular basis and provide suitable images or icons to indicate this... bbc weather is one case in point. yahoo news and flickr pets being others.

Re: [backstage] feeds with icons or pictures?

, see my example at http://xinki.org.uk/site On 21/07/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: feeds with icons or pictures? anyone care to share their favourites? are there any bbc feeds with icons or images, beyond the weather? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd - Sent via

Re: [backstage] feeds with icons or pictures?

Jul 2007, at 13:01, Davy Mitchell wrote: I think this is a rights issue so the news RSS is text only. I would like to see the User contributed photos on RSS. Thought about screen scraping but backstage does but encourage that. Davy On 7/22/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary

Re: [backstage] feeds with icons or pictures?

, at 21:17, Kim Plowright wrote: On 22/07/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the quality of images used as links is unlikely to present a rights issue. It doesn't matter how small a picture is, it's still copyright in fact fair use probably covers this in any case. No, no it doesnt

[backstage] Groundhog Friday on the BBC weather....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0008 http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/world/0008.xml it's always Friday someplace... is the rain getting to the BBC Jonathan Chetwynd - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

[backstage] feeds with icons or pictures?

feeds with icons or pictures? anyone care to share their favourites? are there any bbc feeds with icons or images, beyond the weather? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

[backstage] mashups with live symbols

mashups with live symbols I'd like to identify and create a list of links where mashups update symbols, for a variety of topics weather is the most obvious case, and well covered. Can anyone, indeed everyone suggest topics that either do or might update symbols on a regular basis?

[backstage] Re: Google Map Symbols Key

symbols and share them with the community. ed On 18 Jun 2007, at 08:07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: Ed, Icons, but where is the key? what icons are standard for google maps? OS maps provide a key for churches, post offices and much more... much of this information is static over decades. markers

[backstage] Re: Google Map Symbols Key

to start ? ed On 20 Jun 2007, at 09:06, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: Ed, have difficulty believing your reply: would a printed map that uses a single icon for 'town' with a gazetteer of locations and additional information be as usable? The current Google idiom is but one possibility

[backstage] Re: Google Map Symbols Key

://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/ is forbidden On 13 Jun 2007, at 12:13, Ed Parsons wrote: Hi Jonathan, Do you mean icons ? http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/ #Creating_Icons ed On 13 Jun 2007, at 10:59, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: Re: Google Map Symbols Key an interactive

[backstage] Re: Google Map Symbols Key

Re: Google Map Symbols Key an interactive version with improved graphics is now available: http://www.peepo.co.uk/temp/moulin/moulin.svg using CSS only ~: cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 12 Jun 2007, at 15:42, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: Google Map Symbols Key how is it possible to add

[backstage] Google Map Symbols Key

Google Map Symbols Key how is it possible to add symbols to google maps? in addition to the current drawing-pin or text-bubbles. my hack demo: http://www.peepo.co.uk/temp/moulin/moulin.svg valuable prize for adding location and text. Example keys: Ordinance Survey:

[backstage] Re: Google Map Symbols Key

oops, please use safari-webkit for best experience of demo... cheers Jonathan Chetwynd - 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:

[backstage] bbc iplayer

anyone working on or reviewing bbc iplayer Accessibility? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd - 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:

[backstage] Backstage Naturalists Party?

Is this the only list not to have been infiltrated by party politics and the Naturalists in particular? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd - 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

Re: [Bulk] RE: [backstage] attendin' Hackday

everything became clear after loading it up in FF, but it'd probably confuse the heck out of IE people!) -Original Message- From: ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 May 2007 23:32 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Cc: Simon Cobb Subject: Re: [backstage] attendin

[backstage] Re: attendin' Hackday

Simon, you need to install a nightly build... http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ it's taken me nearly three years bug filing, nudging and hassling developers to include keyboard accessibility. it's not part of the SVG1.1 specification, so it's amazing devotion

Re: [backstage] attendin' Hackday

Simon, not sure if you're referring to me and http://www.peepo.co.uk, if so... what browser are you using? http://www.peepo.co.uk been tested with recent Opera and Firefox nightlies: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

Re: [Bulk] RE: [backstage] Web 2.0 'neglecting good Accessible design'

It's true the flashearth site is fast and keyboard accessible, but again with a mouse it's nearly useless. similarly for flickr no doubt there are sites that suit each, but I've yet to see one that's easy to use and universally accessible, or even close cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 17

Re: [backstage] Web 2.0 'neglecting good Accessible design'

Christopher, I was about yo ask how one navigated flickr without a keyboard... ipernity is one solution, though the category schema seems somewhat eclectic if not unique. cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 16 May 2007, at 02:08, Christopher Woods wrote: ipernity.com - Sent via the

[backstage] Jakob Nielsen: Web 2.0 'neglecting good design'

Jakob Nielsen: Web 2.0 'neglecting good design' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6653119.stm seems to have copied my pitch for hackday ~: has he been invited? was I? did anyone else have ideas or requirements for an accessible SVG front end? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility

[backstage] hackday: Scratch Very Good

hackday: Scratch Very Good for the more ambitious out there: how about collaborating on a children's hack authoring tool with SVG? Scratch or Squeak with Hacks chears Jonathan Chetwynd http://scratch.mit.edu/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

[backstage] Web 2.0 'neglecting good Accessible design'

Jason Gordon any good Accessible Web 2.0 websites you'd care to plug? or are you in a rush? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 15 May 2007, at 10:18, Jason Cartwright wrote: This is all my personal opinion, and I entirely disagree. Mr Nielsen has a history of spouting contrary opinions to court

Re: [backstage] Web 2.0 'neglecting good Accessible design'

, the happier I am. Cheers, Rich. On 5/15/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Gordon any good Accessible Web 2.0 websites you'd care to plug? or are you in a rush? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 15 May 2007, at 10:18, Jason Cartwright wrote: This is all my personal

Re: [backstage] Web 2.0 'neglecting good Accessible design'

HIM HIM HIM!!! Frankly, the less I hear of and from this tedious old bore, the happier I am. Cheers, Rich. On 5/15/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Gordon any good Accessible Web 2.0 websites you'd care to plug? or are you in a rush? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 15

[backstage] 2nd call: SVG front-end for hackday

2nd call: SVG front-end for hackday I'd be interested to hear proposals for the upcoming bbc-yahoo hack day that would benefit from an SVG front-end. please let me know your graphical concepts asap. cheers Jonathan Chetwynd - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To

[backstage] SVG Hack Day?

SVG Hack Day? Anyone up for an SVG hack day project? offline please ~: Jonathan Chetwynd http://www.peepo.co.uk - 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:

Re: [backstage] Find Listen Label

Tristan, not sure how you intend this an improvement over publishing the script. presumably you know the excellent work of luis von ahn: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~biglou/ how about excluding words in the script, as a start? a fun game front end? cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 13 Apr 2007, at

Re: [backstage] Mobile tech fun, anyone?

Kim, audacity is rather amazing for editing sound files, but I guess you'll need rather more than that. cheers Jonathan Chetwynd Il giorno 19 Mar 2007, alle ore 19:03, Kim Plowright ha scritto: So… an aquaintance is organising a pervasive gaming event on the south bank, and wants to