there's a couple I hadn't heard of on here
http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-free-video-rippe
rs-encoders-and-converters-316478.php
with a CMS
encoding hundreds of videos a month.
J
On 01/11/2007, Simon Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
there's a couple I hadn't heard of on here
http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-free-video-rippe
rs-encoders-and-converters-316478.php
to H.264 in the mainstream flash player - then
it'll be hello HD (depending on bandwidth and HD source material, both
of which are plentiful).
J
On 01/11/2007, Simon Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
oo-er have we strayed onto the wrong list
mean this ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Cobb
Sent: 31 October 2007 13:33
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] Ashley Highfield on iPlayer - 26min Interview
I'm unsure how this bussiness model would
for carers.
regards
Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
On 15 Oct 2007, at 09:40, Simon Cobb wrote:
I'm sorry Jonathan, I've read this a few times now and I don't
] On Behalf Of Jason Cartwright
Sent: 29 October 2007 09:55
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] flash accessibility
Sound?
J
On 29/10/2007, Simon Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
sorry for late reply, I've been on holiday. I agree that the splash
?
http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2007/08/svg-video-demo.html
regards
Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
On 29 Oct 2007, at 09:23, Simon Cobb wrote:
Hello,
sorry for late reply, I've been on holiday. I agree that the splash
page is annoying - my 3
Ah... Apple, the champions of open technology and freedom of the user to
choose. Your choice of computer kind of invalidates your righteous anger
at commerical vendors, no?
Of course, I'm just being mischevious :)
Because Flash is my business, I had to go and check your claims on the
Mac on our
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
Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
On 15 Oct 2007, at 08:45, Simon Cobb wrote
By coincidence I read this on the future of web startups from paul
graham just today: http://www.paulgraham.com/webstartups.html
-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mr I Forrester
Sent: 05 October 2007 01:48
To: BBC Backstage
Subject:
Change to flash's crossdomain policy file on bbc.co.uk.
Currently Flash's security sandbox won't allow flash hosted on non-BBC
(sub)domains to load data like rss feeds.
Its crossdomain policy file disallows access to data for all but
*.bbc.co.uk hosted flash:
Thanks for finding this Ian. Got me thinking too.
Jase said:
Auntie likes to have few, big, expensive, milestone projects to burn
the cash in a predictable manner, whereas the more flexible internet
industry takes a gamble on many small, inexpensive, iterative projects.
Please fail very quickly
Wow, it's taken a real beating from the discerning folks on this list
Note to self: test these things properly before sending them out :)
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Sent: 20 September 2007 11:16
To:
I am that closes thumb an forefinger to indicate atomic size
interested in apple products because I think they dictate how a user can
use their product far too much and marrying the iphone to a single
network is typical of this arrogance (yes I know it's been hacked open
so hopefully the hacks
more great stuff from the folks at smashingmagazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/05/50-designers-x-6-questions/
S.
Thanks for that, very interesting.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ~:''
Sent: 29 August 2007 10:11
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] resize, rotate and move multiple video files while
they are playing...
Kim said: Useful or Playful? Is the question to ask.
I'd argue that useful and playful can be part of the same thing.
Certainly nothing ever stuck with me that I didn't enjoy using/ thinking
about. Likewise many of the children I used to teach. The trick is to
combine the 2. I think there's
. I'm done here.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth
Sent: 15 August 2007 10:10
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] more data visualisation links
On 15/08/07, Simon Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-app
roaches/
Now, I'd like to see the musicovery.com approach applied as an
alternative nav for the bbc radio player:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/index.shtml?button
From: Simon Cobb
, but
the whole point of them is that you create them personally to help you
to use a visual system to help memorise abstract things - if someone
else (or a machine) makes them then you are into meaningless
territory...
The spiky-graph one is the most comprehensible style.
On 14/08/07, Simon Cobb [EMAIL
(EXTREMELY) minority OSes? I mean, come on, hands up who here on the
list uses Linux as their primary OS.
And me. And as such I just accept that if I want to watch any channel's
output on-demand, there's a box in my living room that will capture it
for me with the minimum of configuration.
That IS funny, but how many folks ever ever read the t's and c's? I know
I don't: http://www.eff.org/wp/eula.php and
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000892.html
S.
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Sent: 30 July 2007
Thanks.
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Sent: 27 July 2007 09:22
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] iplayer reviewed on mashable.com
Simon Cobb wrote:
p2p though? I thought it was straight downloads. Can
did you all see this already? NOt been following the list today:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/25/bbc_iplayer_linux_macosx/
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Sent: Wed 25/07/2007 3:28 PM
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage]
Microsoft Research beta 'livestation' - in Silverlight, yet!
http://beta.livestation.com/
I tried to sign up for this but got the following reply:
Thanks for your request to sign up for the LiveStation beta technical
trial.
We are currently running a public technical trial and this means
about but never seem to
see much of?
From: Simon Cobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 July 2007 09:04
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!
Microsoft Research beta
I can't answer that, but I noticed that during the championship playoff
final yesterday my digital radio (some Argos cheapo) displayed 5 live
as:
BBC Radio 5l
I had to look twice at the lower case l on the end to work out what it
was.
S.
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This was an interesting article on UI design.
http://tantek.com/log/2007/02.html#d19t1813
It's from February so you may have already seen it. I found it
referenced on the codinghorror blog which also has an article in praise
of javascript (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000857.html)
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Cobb
Sent: 22 May 2007 11:47
To: Simon Cobb; backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] Web 2.0 'neglecting good
Accessible design'
This was an interesting article on UI design.
http://tantek.com/log/2007/02.html#d19t1813
It's
can't get any reaction from the page.
S.
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Sent: Sat 19/05/2007 11:31 PM
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Cc: Simon Cobb
Subject: Re: [backstage] attendin' Hackday
Simon,
not sure if you're referring to me and http
argh that page makes me wish I was going. hackday clearly needs flash/ flex!
JC, I'm clearly missing something, but how is the web page you link to
navigable by keyboard only? I had to use my mouse. Tab, space, enter and the
arrows - all standard conventional access keys produce no response
Despite its use of the word 'awesome', this article led me to some
interesting stuff:
http://mashable.com/2007/05/15/16-awesome-data-visualization-tools/
hope it does the same for you.
Disclaimer: I forward it for the ideas/ concepts deployed by these
sites, not for their accessibility
Uhhh, del.icio.us ?
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Sent: 15 May 2007 12:52
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Subject: [backstage] Web 2.0 'neglecting good Accessible design'
Jason Gordon
any good Accessible Web 2.0
I feel obligated to do this DISCLAIMER: these are my views - I, not the
bbc, should be held responsible for any buffoonery contained herein
more svg: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/DRAWINGS/clock_plain.svg
but as a Flash developer my first reaction to any current svg content is
nice try,
it's not an API, but I like the javascript library 'mochikit':
http://mochikit.com/ http://mochikit.com/
I like that it is lightweight, practical, tidy (because it's modelled on
a tidy language - Python) and feels so clean to use.
And the docs are exemplary in my view.
Basically, it doesn't
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