Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Paul McCann
Hi Everyone, Just a quick note to let you know I was the one who posted the BBC link, but I have nothing to do with the BBC whatsoever. So if you want to send private feedback to the BBC, please do it direct to their webteam, or whoever is responsible for testing the Beta, whom unfortunately

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Kim Kruse
Seems like someone is listening! The color buttons is gone and a few other things changed. Paul McCann skrev: Hi Everyone, Just a quick note to let you know I was the one who posted the BBC link, but I have nothing to do with the BBC whatsoever. So if you want to send private feedback to

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread John Faulds
Seems like someone is listening! The color buttons is gone No they're not. Unless you're referring to something different. -- Tyssen Design www.tyssendesign.com.au Ph: (07) 3300 3303 Mb: 0405 678 590 *** List Guidelines:

RE: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Patrick Lauke
A few things I noticed (being ultra-critical perhaps at this stage): First three links on the page are invisible skip links that don't show up, even on focus, plus there's another hidden link to accesskey definitions after the accessibility help link. On the separate modules, it's initially

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread David Laakso
Heads up, the BBC has a new site in Beta. http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta At my preferred setting for IE (accessibility mode at text-size largest) IE 7 cannot display the page and IE 6 is not a pretty picture. Best, ~dL -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Kim Kruse
Well they are on my computer! (we're talking about the 4 colored buttons that changed the colors of the page... right?) John Faulds skrev: Seems like someone is listening! The color buttons is gone No they're not. Unless you're referring to something different.

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Matthew Pennell
It's not working at all via iPhone, strangely. - Matthew Sent from my iPhone On 18 Dec 2007, at 18:31, Kim Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well they are on my computer! (we're talking about the 4 colored buttons that changed the colors of the page... right?) John Faulds skrev: Seems like

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread David Hucklesby
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:30:21 +, Paul McCann wrote: Heads up, the BBC has a new site in Beta. http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta Thoughts/praise/comments :) It looks like they are doing some (unsuccessful?) browser sniffing. I get a mostly black and white page in Opera, and a brightly

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Sam Sherlock
I have mixed feelings over this site, on first appearance I like the look esp the header and the colour changes Though I don't think its appropriate for the BBC, especially when alot of it seems to be a carbon copy of other sites. I hope there will be an option to theme the site 'classic' - so

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Michael Horowitz
I pull up the site fine in IE. Opera looks ok with default settings. Text is a little high for the Read More link in blogs in Firefox Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 David Hucklesby wrote: On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:30:21 +, Paul

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread John Faulds
Yeah, that's right. I can still see them and they still change the colour of the page. On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:31:49 +1000, Kim Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well they are on my computer! (we're talking about the 4 colored buttons that changed the colors of the page... right?) John Faulds

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread libwebdev
Firefox: Yesterday it defaulted to lollipop green (*puke*), with coloured buttons. Today it's defaulting to black and white with NO coloured buttons; that whole div is just not there today. IE6: Defaults to black and white WITH coloured buttons. However the items showing and news stories are

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread Brian Cummiskey
David Hucklesby wrote: I get a mostly black and white page in Opera, and a brightly colored page in Firefox. I'm seeing black and white in firefox. odd. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

RE: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread John Horner
might do it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Faulds Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2007 9:12 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta Yeah, that's right. I can still see them and they still change the colour

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-17 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/12/17 15:30 (GMT) Paul McCann apparently typed: Heads up, the BBC has a new site in Beta. http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta Thoughts/praise/comments :) I guess they discovered 800x600 is an anachronism, so made it wider. Still objects are sized in px, so with fonts forced big enough to

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-17 Thread Mike Brown
Felix Miata wrote: On 2007/12/17 15:30 (GMT) Paul McCann apparently typed: Heads up, the BBC has a new site in Beta. http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta Thoughts/praise/comments :) snip usual font stuff /snip Overall, better, but, worse than good. Oh come on, let's not be so blinkered

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-17 Thread John Faulds
Oh come on, let's not be so blinkered that we can't appreciate really good work in most areas! Felix isn't the only one who has a number of issues with the new design and for entirely different reasons - http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/bbc_homepage_redesign/ I'd have to

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-17 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Mike Brown wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta Thoughts/praise/comments :) Overall, better, but, worse than good. Oh come on, let's not be so blinkered that we can't appreciate really good work in most areas! Since the example comes out like this...

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-17 Thread Karl Lurman
Positives: - Theres some clever use of Javascript in there that enables some interesting user interface elements. - In case you missed it, you can drag and drop parts of the page, similar to Yahoo and Googles efforts - although they could have gone some way to making it a bit more obvious. -