Also, if you are going to have a clock, how about being able to click on the TV and radio programmes to set a reminder and then having an alarm that says "Eastenders has just started on BBC One.." etc
Also, where's the iPlayer? On 18/12/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > two more thoughts. > > 1) I need to be able to hide radio stations I don't listen to. I only > ever listen to 1Xtra, R4, 5L and BBC7. I don't need to be able to see them > all, as a personalising user. > > 2) There needs to be a massive "*G*U*E*S*T****M*O*D*E****" button at the > top of the page that restore everything to defaults, without erasing the > settings. This is vital, as a personalized page is no help to anyone else > you might share the computer with. > > 3) Would be great to have a "podcasts" box. > > > On 18/12/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Right... it's quite an improvement on what we had before. > > > > I love the clock, but it's very very retro. Would be nice if you could > > choose from the huge range of flash clocks. > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/testcards/ > > > > Using the page on this 1024x768 monitor.. it's a bit big and shouty > > IMHO. I'm all up for the text being large for users that need it, but it's > > comes over all massive (that's massive meaning bad, not massive meaning > > good). > > > > There's some things that are a bit weird. The Radio section has "now" > > and "next", but the TV one is for "on tonight". Not very consistent. > > > > Using IE7, when I click the triangle on the TV section, there is a white > > word "More" that scrolls across the weather box above each time. > > > > The "History" doesn't link the the BBC's history content, unlike > > "Science" which does. Not very consistent again. > > > > One more thing... do my settings follow me from machine to machine, as > > with iGoogle? > > > > And ... please... this is a bug report.. not critisism of the concept. > > > > On 18/12/2007, Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks guys for the feedback, the homepage beta team are watching the > > > thread. > > > > > > btw did see the new world service home page - > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/. Maybe not as clever but very > > > beautiful. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Ian Forrester > > > > > > This e-mail is: [ ] private; [ ] ask first; [ x ] bloggable > > > > > > Senior Producer, BBC Backstage > > > BC5 C3, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TP > > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > p: +44 (0)2080083965 > > > m: +44 (0)7711913293 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Wales > > > Sent: 18 December 2007 14:07 > > > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > > Subject: Re: [backstage] New BBC customisable homepage > > > > > > To show my gratitude for this new beta page, I found some bugs: > > > > > > > > > In my rush to lose 'Sport' from the page, I clicked on the triangle > > > expose button at the left of the title bar, but found that it left the > > > > > > heading there (don't know why I thought it would eliminate it, must be > > > > > > my lack of experience at using these computer things). > > > > > > So then I clicked on 'Edit' -- nothing changed. Oo-er. > > > > > > 'Edit'. Nothing. 'Edit'. Nothing. > > > > > > 'Edit edit edit' Nothing nothing nothing. > > > > > > 'Triangle'. Sport window reopens, but now has a bunch of checkboxes > > > at > > > the top. A-ha! > > > > > > So the bug is that 'Edit' should not do nothing at all when the > > > content > > > of the panel is hidden, it should re-open the panel so that the > > > requested edit process can begin. > > > > > > Alternatively, when the panel body is hidden, it should hide or > > > grey-out > > > the 'Edit' button so it doesn't offer the chance to be an apparently > > > non-functional control. > > > > > > (Also, you could save some real estate by switching 'Edit' > > > to 'Cancel' > > > 'Save' in place when edit mode is active, perhaps.) > > > > > > %% > > > > > > Clicking 'Set your location' exposes a form that is partially obscured > > > > > > by the big Sleigh/Twist/Garden/Tardis panel, so that the action > > > buttons > > > cannot be read, and the typed input cannot be seen. (Firefox 2.0.0.11 > > > on Linux -- I can send screenshots if required.) > > > > > > %% > > > > > > The text in the 'Directory' at the bottom of the page spills over the > > > bottom of the obligatory round-cornered box onto the grey area below, > > > making the bottom rows of text pretty illegible. > > > > > > %% > > > > > > When clicking on the '?' by 'Blogs' when the Blogs heading is close to > > > the bottom edge of the screen, the pop-up box ought to appear above > > > the > > > '?', so that its contents are actually visible. > > > > > > ## > > > > > > Meanwhile, since you asked, here are some requests for features: > > > > > > I'd like to be able to reorder sub-headings (such as news categories). > > > > > > > > > I'd like to be able to exclude certain radio stations, and I'd like to > > > > > > have more than one available local station, and I'd like to have a > > > list > > > of locations that I can switch between for the whole page. > > > > > > Oh, and I'd like a pony (preferably one I didn't have to feed). > > > > > > Feed! An RSS feed of fixes and updates to the new page, too, I'd > > > like, > > > please, thank you very much. > > > -- > > > Frank Wales [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > > > 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/ > > > > > > - > > > 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > > > Brian Butterworth > > http://www.ukfree.tv > > > > > -- > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > Brian Butterworth > http://www.ukfree.tv > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. 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