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 it should be great.
./Matt On Dec 18, 2007 11:14 AM, "~:'' ありがとうございました。" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > why is radio not editable? > > the minimised buttons could be links, no... > > keyboard navigation isn't exactly intuitive, but does it work at all? > the link order is weird in any case... > with each area minimised, I tabbed to 'open' sport, hit enter, it > opens, which is excellent, but then how can I tab through the links > displayed? > > a huge congratulations on a significant benchmark. > > kind regards > > Jonathan Chetwynd > Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet > > > > On 17 Dec 2007, at 17:37, Christopher Woods wrote: > > Wow, what a great job! First impressions are fantastic - clean, easy > on the eye, very nice purple colour scheme and I very much like the > rollover effects (the customisation aspect is nice, too). > > I'm glad to see that the clock has finally made a comeback - I > remember a discussion about that a while ago (I think it was on here, > wasn't it?) when the Flash-based BBC clocks were discussed, and > someone at the beeb asked if they could use them for a forthcoming > BBC project or something like that? I can't be bothered to go looking > through my archives now to verify my poor memory, but nevertheless > good job to all involved! > > The only things that need sorting are the slightly chubby 'headers' > for the hideable sections, make them a little less tall, 10-15px less > would do it I think. Also, no mouseover effects for the four showcase > buttons underneath the main image? > > Ooo, love the effects when you customise stuff... All the swishing > and swooping and modal dialogs when you set your location and BBC > News version - I'm such a mug for a bit of web 2 goodness sometimes! > > I'm wondering how it degrades in older browsers though... Trying it > on my WinMo 5 phone, at least it renders as a full single column by > default in Pocket IE - LOADs of scrolling through images and layout > stuff, but at least all the content is easily readable. None of the > edit links work for customising the widgets, I'm guessing (hoping) a > mobile-friendly version of the BBC homepage is coming soon - I'd be > sorely tempted to change my homepage to the BBC frontpage for my > phone if a 3G-, QVGA-friendly version was designed. > > Looking good for starters though! I don't know if there's anyone at > the Beeb who is involved (or knows someone who's involved) in the > frontpage redesign, but it's looking very promising and I'm quite > pleased. > > I love the return of the clock, promise me that'll never go! :D > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >
