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 the change is really supposed to serve. I think I know why it's "supposed" to be there but on the whole I find it rather distracting and unnecessary.
The borders around content boxes are quite thick, so it gives the interface a slightly chunkier look than I, personally, prefer, but that's just a matter of personal preference. The effect is quite nice though. I'm not so sure about the Vista-ish modal dialog boxes though. Though they look pretty they have the potential of becoming incredibly annoying if they crop up too often. Basic degradation is pretty decent actually, after giving it a quick go in FF 3 beta 1 with everything (e.g. Java, js) switched off and I like the fact that content panes can be "windowshaded" and the settings remembered between visits. In response to others yes, the optionality is fairly limited but I think too much would make the interface too unwieldy and break what is currently fairly simple and clean. Better yet the first non-tech people I showed it too were taken with the look; they liked it. Overall, I'm impressed > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:15 AM > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage > > 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/
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