Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live

2007-12-18 Thread Rhys Jones
On 12/12/2007, Tom Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer Flash streaming also now works from the appropriate pages of http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008j2lq Good joined-up thinking there, and all this makes linking *whole* BBC

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread ~:'' ありがとうございました 。
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.

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Matt Barber
I second the clock, looks great. Nice redesign for a new era of the web. Great the way that video and rich media has presecence now as it will be used more and more in coming months I should think. Few tweaks here and there, as mentioned the accessibility issues with tabbing through content, and

RE: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Darren Stephens
First impressions: Generally not bad, though I think the masthead takes up slightly too much screen real estate (and I'm viewing at 1280x1024). Also , I find the colour change on the interface when clicking the options under the lead picture incredibly jarring and I'm not sure what purpose

RE: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Darren Stephens
Yeah, I forgot the clock. Nice little retro touch that brought back some childhood memories of waiting for Dr Who on a Saturday night (and schools programmes!) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Barber Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:27 AM To:

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Richard P Edwards
I agree. Is the less than 60 click second hand part of the new era it introduces? I know that life in London is fast paced, but ... *smile* RichE On 18 Dec 2007, at 11:44, Darren Stephens wrote: Yeah, I forgot the clock. Nice little retro touch that brought back some childhood memories

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Frank Wales
To show my gratitude for this new beta page, I found some bugs: In my rush to lose 'Sport' from the page, I clicked on the triangle expose button at the left of the title bar, but found that it left the heading there (don't know why I thought it would eliminate it, must be my lack of experience

RE: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Ian Forrester
Thanks guys for the feedback, the homepage beta team are watching the thread. btw did see the new world service home page - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/. Maybe not as clever but very beautiful. Cheers, Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [ ] private; [ ] ask first; [ x ] bloggable Senior

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
Right... it's quite an improvement on what we had before. I love the clock, but it's very very retro. Would be nice if you could choose from the huge range of flash clocks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/testcards/ Using the page on this 1024x768 monitor.. it's a bit big and shouty IMHO.

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
two more thoughts. 1) I need to be able to hide radio stations I don't listen to. I only ever listen to 1Xtra, R4, 5L and BBC7. I don't need to be able to see them all, as a personalising user. 2) There needs to be a massive *G*U*E*S*TM*O*D*E button at the top of the page that restore

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
Also, if you are going to have a clock, how about being able to click on the TV and radio programmes to set a reminder and then having an alarm that says Eastenders has just started on BBC One.. etc Also, where's the iPlayer? On 18/12/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: two more

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Jeremy James
Christopher Woods wrote: I'm glad to see that the clock has finally made a comeback (...) I'm a bit disappointed by the clock - or more generally, any web clock that simply uses the local clock time when it should really be getting a sync from the server (at the best it duplicates information

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Noah Slater
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 08:40:18PM +, Jeremy James wrote: I'm a bit disappointed by the clock I'm sorry if I missed the answer to the following question previously in the thread, but what is the justification for the clock? It could hardly be argued for utility purpose as most people, I

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Stephen Miller
Another quick bug report. The character set on the page appears not to support £ signs, this story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7149616.stm appears with the ? black diamond replacement character in firefox. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Noah Slater
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:16:30PM +, Stephen Miller wrote: The character set on the page appears not to support £ signs, this story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7149616.stm appears with the ? black diamond replacement character in firefox. It works for me, though

Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage

2007-12-18 Thread Frank Wales
On 12/19/2007 12:50 AM, Noah Slater wrote: On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:16:30PM +, Stephen Miller wrote: The character set on the page appears not to support £ signs, this story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7149616.stm appears with the ? black diamond replacement