Re: Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-18 Thread Square Penguin
Thank you for taking the time to read the guide and thank you for spotting the error. I took a look myself and a couple of entire paragraphs had actually become rearranged so the reading order was certainly confusing! Corrections have now been made and extra clarity added to ensure there will

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-17 Thread Jonathan H
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Christopher Woods christop...@custommade.org.uk wrote: I have less sympathy for Radio Downloader; AIUI it deliberately offered a mechanism for people outside of the UK to download UK-only programming. Incorrect. All Radio Downloader did was provide an easy

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-17 Thread Jonathan H
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:39 PM, David Woodhouse dw...@infradead.org wrote: Your mailer has a 'private reply' and a 'reply to all' feature, surely? If you choose 'private reply' (often just labelled 'reply'), why would you be surprised at what it does? It does indeed. And I would expect

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Kevin Lynch
Mr SquarePenguin Thank you for working on such a great resource. My feeling is that as long at GIP is hard to use for a novice. The BBC won't be too interested. If however the notice a great deal of GIP usage say 5% or more of downloads, then they will send a cease and desist letter to the

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Mr Smiley
On 16/07/13 19:06, Kevin Lynch wrote: Mr SquarePenguin Thank you for working on such a great resource. My feeling is that as long at GIP is hard to use for a novice. The BBC won't be too interested. If however the notice a great deal of GIP usage say 5% or more of downloads, then they will send

Re: Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Square Penguin
Use one of the two sub forums. The top level 'forum' acts a way to group them in one spot and it's locked on purpose so that random topics don't get added and need constant moving to general help or troubleshooting. SP ___ get_iplayer mailing list

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread David
It's a fantastic idea (in principle), and looks great... but I'm in agreement with some others and express concern about get_iplayer becoming too popular, and drawing attention to itself. A cease and desist letter might occur, but moreover, the last thing most of us want is active measures

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread roadcone (gmx) imap
I'm not so active here but I agree with David - both in his compliments and in his concerns. On 16/07/13 20:36, David wrote: It's a fantastic idea (in principle), and looks great... but I'm in agreement with some others and express concern about get_iplayer becoming too popular, and drawing

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread FJuniper
And me too. Nice site, but I think it should perhaps be our little secret... Better that than lose it. On 16/07/2013 21:15, roadcone (gmx) imap wrote: I'm not so active here but I agree with David - both in his compliments and in his concerns. On 16/07/13 20:36, David wrote: It's a

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Ian Macdonald
Hi All, I love the effort square penguin has put in, but also have to agree with the feeling of keeping under the radar. Remember lots of the content is not the BBC's as such and their partners get anti. Ian Macdonald On 16 Jul 2013, at 22:15, roadcone (gmx) imap roadc...@gmx.com wrote:

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread tommy
And this mailing list is doing my head in - the software is so hopelessly antiquated The mailing list is just that - a *mailing* list. If your email client is antiquated, then get a new one! Personally, I'd be a bit disappointed if mailing list traffic moved to a forum structure, particularly as

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Tony Scholl
The site went 'live' yesterday and you can find the it at the link below, along with my reasons for creating it which are to be found on the blog: http://getiplayer.co.uk I want to agree strongly with the sentiments of those who think this is very likely to elicit an unwelcome response from

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 22:36 +0100, Jonathan H wrote: And this mailing list is doing my head in - the software is so hopelessly antiquated, it won't even tag subject lines with get_iplayer. Why would it do that? The reverse-path of the message clearly identifies where it comes from, so if you

RE: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Philip Kane
for? -Original Message- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of David Woodhouse Sent: 16 July 2013 23:40 To: Jonathan H Cc: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: New get_iplayer website forums On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 22:36 +0100, Jonathan H wrote

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Arthur Murray
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Philip Kane teknop...@gmx.com wrote: I completely agree with all that has been said re raising the profile of the project. DON'T DO IT. +1. Seems like a control grab from out of nowhere. Unneeded and unnecessarily provocative. Things were fine. Who can't buy

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread michael norman
On 17/07/13 02:19, Arthur Murray wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Philip Kane teknop...@gmx.com wrote: I completely agree with all that has been said re raising the profile of the project. DON'T DO IT. +1. Seems like a control grab from out of nowhere. Unneeded and unnecessarily

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread Carl Fletcher
On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:36:03 +0100, David thebrilliantmist...@gmail.com wrote: But keeping a low profile is probably the best possible strategy Sadly, I think this is correct ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: New get_iplayer website forums

2013-07-16 Thread TQ
On 17 July 2013 at 05:01 Carl Fletcher kernelbas...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:36:03 +0100, David thebrilliantmist...@gmail.comĀ  wrote: But keeping a low profile is probably the best possible strategy Sadly, I think this is correct Why sadly? A low profile, with an