Yes can we make this clear, James Cridland is a great person to have on the
side of the BBC but you can't start put in requests for changes right now....
...Let him settle in a little at least :)
Ian Forrester
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Christopher Woods
Sent: 23 May 2007 06:06
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [backstage] This one's for Cridland... BBC A/V interface
ideas
Haha :D
Careful though, now you've revealed your address to us lot you'll no
doubt have emails flying your way with suggestions or requests for changes
regarding your multimedia offerings ;) The last email was just directed in the
area of your new boss because I know he reads this list ;)
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From: Chris Sizemore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 May 2007 22:28
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [backstage] This one's for Cridland... BBC A/V
interface ideas
Importance: Low
(golly, mr cridland, looks like you've got the expectations of
a whole darn mailing list on your shoulders?!?
frankly, tho, first things first: i've got a whole stack of
holiday leave forms waiting for you to sign when you're able?
ah, the multi-faceted responsibilities of a newly-appointed
dept. head...
;-)
best--
--cs)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brian Butterworth
Sent: Tue 5/22/2007 7:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [backstage] This one's for Cridland... BBC A/V
interface ideas
The BBC News facility that works with Windows Media Center (XP
or Vista) is
a much better way to view these videos (when it works) and does
much of what
you describe.
Personally, I've stuffed all the video feed URLs on an iGoogle
tab...
Brian Butterworth
HYPERLINK "http://www.ukfree.tv/"www.ukfree.tv
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods
Sent: 22 May 2007 18:35
To: [email protected]
Subject: [backstage] This one's for Cridland... BBC A/V
interface ideas
Whilst on the subject of interface and UI design, I was
thinking about the
BBC site's design.
So, the BBC has a burgeoning portfolio of online multimedia
offerings, and
they have their BBC Audio/Video link in the left bar of the BBC
News site
(and elsewhere on the site), but once you're actually on that
page you're
given a rather odd selection of videos.
Why not give surfers the best of both worlds, having an AV
player interface
which takes elements from the old player and gives you a
different menu for
the regular Programmes (Panorama etc) and then gives you a
category list?
Sometimes I just want to watch all the most recent SciTech
videos, for
example, which was as easy as clicking through the list on the
old player,
but is nigh on impossible on the new one... There's only three
videos per
category!
Consolidating all the available videos for a certain time
period in sections
on the page would be very useful and helpful, plus it would
probably attract
more eyes because when the content is easier to get to,
people'll come back!
I just feel there's room for improvement, and it'd be great to
have a little
area in the AV player where you can choose to watch N24, or the
o' clock
news broadcasts, or any of the programmes, all from one place
with two
clicks MAX - none of this faffing about having to go to the
respective
programme's page just to fire up the player with the relevant
stream
(although that can stay, because I'm sure people do it that way
too if
they're entering via that particular page).
Just throwing these ideas into the pot..
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