Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread Steve Jolly
David Greaves wrote: Fair enough - but this is The BBC News So getting it right (and not misleading) should trump the mere impossible :) > IIRC some time ago (months/years) there was something vaguely fraudulent/misleading/prankish that was backed by an out-of-context but genuine BBC story wh

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash] Adobe EULA

2008-01-07 Thread Michael Sparks
On Monday 07 January 2008 17:10:23 James Cridland wrote: > All my team get 10% time. > > It's not taken up by everyone, but the iPhone podcast service is just one > of the outputs of this so far (and the attendant framework to enable other > devices to also have a similar decent podcast experience

RE: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread Gareth Davis
David Greaves wrote: [snip] > > And it still doesn't excuse the front page dynamic links > being 'gamed' to point > to a years old piece. I expect 'most emailed' to be limited > to stories from the > last few days. > Would that be the goat? It was discussed here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash] Adobe EULA

2008-01-07 Thread James Cridland
On Jan 7, 2008 1:50 PM, Michael Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Responding to just one point in this: > > > like a BBC > > software engineer spending his "20% time" (supposing engineers at the > > BBC get that, I'm speculating there) on > > No, we don't get that, or any other fraction for th

Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread David Greaves
Steve Jolly wrote: > David Greaves wrote: >> I think someone missed the point here... >> >> Or am I wrong? > > If I explain that all the stories on the BBC news website are barely > more than static HTML, would that explain why adding watermarks to them > all would be difficult? If the site was b

Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread Sean DALY
If the HTML is fairly standardized (I see that the datestamp is both in the metatags and in the body), it's even easier to add or change the presentation of datestamps, just a text operation which I'd take over a fancy CMS any day of the week. Static pages can be great for performance, reliability,

Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread Phil Wilson
If I explain that all the stories on the BBC news website are barely more than static HTML, would that explain why adding watermarks to them all would be difficult? If the site was backed by some kind of new-fangled CMS then it would be an extremely sensible suggestion. :-) wanted: volunteer

Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread Sean DALY
Perhaps a better solution would be to increase the size of the header datestamp: Last Updated: Wednesday, 11 February, 2004, 09:20 GMT Or, to add the year to the datestamp at the end of the piece: The Money Programme on self-cert mortgages was broadcast on BBC Two on Wednesday 11 February at 1

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash] Adobe EULA

2008-01-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 07/01/2008, Michael Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Responding to just one point in this: > > > like a BBC > > software engineer spending his "20% time" (supposing engineers at the > > BBC get that, I'm speculating there) on > > No, we don't get that, or any other fraction for that matter.

Re: [backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread Steve Jolly
David Greaves wrote: I think someone missed the point here... Or am I wrong? If I explain that all the stories on the BBC news website are barely more than static HTML, would that explain why adding watermarks to them all would be difficult? If the site was backed by some kind of new-fangl

[backstage] BBC News : site feedback.... [Fwd: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch]]

2008-01-07 Thread David Greaves
I think someone missed the point here... Or am I wrong? David Original Message Subject: RE: Feedback [NewsWatch] Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:55:54 - From: NewsOnline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for your comments. We do no

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash] Adobe EULA

2008-01-07 Thread Michael Sparks
On Monday 07 January 2008 01:24, Dave Crossland wrote: > Apologies everyone! > > On 07/01/2008, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 07/01/2008, Mr I Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting post with lots to reply back on...but can you post a better > > > formatted versio

Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Gnash] Adobe EULA

2008-01-07 Thread David Greaves
Have you seen: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_duet.html Architecture: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Jive It's a wifi remote control (and mp3 player). Although it's not a device to use iPlayer on, it's *very* interesting from a control point of view - especially because it's 'open'. Som