Can we please stop this "discussion" on this list? It has nothing to do
with get_iplayer and is needlessly clogging my mailbox.
Best regards,
Nick Lord
On Thu, 2015-09-03 at 13:47 +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 01:17:03AM +0100, C E Macfarlane wrote:
>
> >
On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 01:17:03AM +0100, C E Macfarlane wrote:
>And BTW your premise about about
> the Terrestrial TV Calculator is also mistaken, because the page was NEVER
> DESIGNED to work on a mobile
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were presenting re
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> Name one that is commonly used by consumers in the UK.
It is interesting that you claim to have worked on iPlayer, yet you do not
seem to be aware of the BBC's own guidelines wrt to JavaScript
On 09/02/2015 06:25 PM, David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 05:12:58PM +0100, C E Macfarlane wrote:
Yes, for example, for security reasons, and a number of mobile browsers do
not support JavaScript:
http://quirksmode.org/m/table.html
Name one that is commonly used by consume
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 05:12:58PM +0100, C E Macfarlane wrote:
> Yes, for example, for security reasons, and a number of mobile browsers do
> not support JavaScript:
> http://quirksmode.org/m/table.html
Name one that is commonly used by consumers in the UK.
> > And if you have deliber
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 04:24:34PM +0100, Jim web wrote:
> The primary point of HTML and webpages has from the start to allow content
> creator to not need to care what browsers/setting/user preferences may be.
> The aim being to provide for the widest range with the least effort.
That certainly
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> -Original Message-
> David Cantrell
>
> They want to provide the
> best service
> they can to the vast majority of users, within the constraints imposed
> by their budget a
In article <20150902125224.gc22...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk>, David
Cantrell wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 06:38:15PM +0100, Jim web wrote:
> > In article <20150901164651.ge9...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk>, David
> > Cantrell wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:53:49AM +0100, Jim web wrote:
>
On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 06:38:15PM +0100, Jim web wrote:
> In article <20150901164651.ge9...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk>, David Cantrell
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:53:49AM +0100, Jim web wrote:
> > > FWIW and IMHO The problem is that the BBC pages are generated by
> > > people who have n
In article <20150901164651.ge9...@bytemark.barnyard.co.uk>, David Cantrell
wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:53:49AM +0100, Jim web wrote:
> > FWIW and IMHO The problem is that the BBC pages are generated by
> > people who have no clue about using simple basic HTML and take for
> > granted what
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:53:49AM +0100, Jim web wrote:
> FWIW and IMHO The problem is that the BBC pages are generated by people
> who have no clue about using simple basic HTML and take for granted what
> browsers. etc, people will use.
This is not the case. They have clue, but they think that
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> > I've written my own home page. The iplayer addresses and
> top level BBC
> > pages are some of the main links. :-)
> >
> > Jim
>
> A good idea! I must "get a round tuit" myself! ;-)
I've produced a template for one as linke
Hi Jim
On 25/08/2015 18:22, Jim web wrote:
In article <55dc5b76.90...@soulman1949.com>, Alan Milewczyk
wrote:
On 24/08/2015 09:53, Jim web wrote:
Similarly I found some time ago that there are at least *two* versions
of the iplayer's schedules day-page listings. One of which only goes
back a
In article <55dc5b76.90...@soulman1949.com>, Alan Milewczyk
wrote:
> On 24/08/2015 09:53, Jim web wrote:
> >
> > Similarly I found some time ago that there are at least *two* versions
> > of the iplayer's schedules day-page listings. One of which only goes
> > back a week, while the other covers t
On 24/08/2015 09:53, Jim web wrote:
Similarly I found some time ago that there are at least *two* versions of
the iplayer's schedules day-page listings. One of which only goes back a
week, while the other covers the full month.
I've not seen the "full month" version - could you post a sample U
OT alert as previous. :-)
In article
, C E
Macfarlane wrote:
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> What is needed in web-design is KIS (Keep It Simple), not a desire to
> show off that you can use complex techniques that only modern browsers
> can handle.
> TBF
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> FWIW and IMHO The problem is that the BBC pages are generated
> by people
> who have no clue about using simple basic HTML and take for
> granted what
> browsers. etc, people will use.
In article <20150823162650.a937b26...@orac.inputplus.co.uk>, Ralph
Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> > I use my mainRISC OS box (ARMiniX / PandaBoard) for reading and
> > writing emails, etc. But the main browser for that is NetSurf. No
> > Flash, little or no JavaScript
> Ah, OK. Former Acorn A310
In article <58452377C7BC424EBBFB8C870A037612@vasonote>, Vangelis
forthnet
wrote:
> What you are missing is that (with Firefox) right under the embedded
> player there's the title of the video clip, which is:
> "Allen Jones RA: The power of desire"
> and in fact is a clickable link;
Ah-ha! Thank
Hi Jim,
> I use my mainRISC OS box (ARMiniX / PandaBoard) for reading and
> writing emails, etc. But the main browser for that is NetSurf. No
> Flash, little or no JavaScript
Ah, OK. Former Acorn A310 and R140 user here. :-) You might find
URL-shortener sites like https://goo.gl and https://b
On Sun Aug 23 15:10:44 BST 2015, Jim web wrote:
The example I picked was
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/R5ccsVb9xw9JKRnZ470jPW/the-power-of-desire-allen-jones-at-the-ra
(snip)
which has a video whose source file pid I can't see using FireFox.
(But may be missing something.)
Hello Ji
In article <20150823120627.4ef5d25...@orac.inputplus.co.uk>, Ralph
Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> > However some go to pages *with* video or audio. But these *don't* all
> > have a URL of the 'programmes/' format.
> A precise URL please. Why should we have to hunt? :-)
I should apologise for th
Hi Jim,
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5pN6fKVhx1wYhVXtkjWwPFS/pop-art-season
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/SWCNr4H7s764wwpR7yQxTf/andy-warhol-louis-xiv-sun-kings
> >
> > Are they not pages listing programmes and their PIDs?
>
> The p
OK. I'll assume below that people will have followed that link and see the
resulting page.
> > But others have different "articles/." formats with lng
> > 'random' alphanumeric sequences.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5pN6fKVhx1wYhVXtkjWw
alphanumeric sequences.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5pN6fKVhx1wYhVXtkjWwPFS/pop-art-season
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/SWCNr4H7s764wwpR7yQxTf/andy-warhol-louis-xiv-sun-kings
Are they not pages listing programmes and their PIDs?
Cheers, Ralph.
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I had a look at the 'pop art' collection that the BBC have been trailing
and this prompted me to ask...
The bbc.co.uk /popart URL took me to a /programmes/p02yt4dz page.
Some of the items shown have the usual type of iplayer address with the
programmes/
format.
But others have
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