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(September 2006)

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JR
jrothwell97
JonathanEx posted:
On the big issue of the BBC logo, Firefox says it's 135px × 38px (scaled to 134px × 38px) - so it's something in the code, shown here in the CSS:

#blq-banner h1 {margin-left:7px;height:38px; width:134px; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod=scale, src='/home/release-16-4/img/new_logo.png');}

#blq-banner h1 img { display:none;}
h1 a span {width:134px;height:38px;position:absolute;top:30px;left:13px;display:block;}


The filter characteristics reveal something interesting there: the new websites seem to be authored in Visual Studio or Expression (something that uses DXImageTransform).
MD
mdtauk
So someone put 134 instead of 135 for the width...
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dosxuk
The DXImageTransform thing is a workaround for IE6 and previous versions to load and display transparent PNGs correctly.
DB
dbl
Just logged on to BBC iPlayer and noticed it has an option for higher quality videos now
JR
jrothwell97
dbl posted:
Just logged on to BBC iPlayer and noticed it has an option for higher quality videos now


Yep: there's now a H.264 encoding option. Anthony Rose blogged about it here.
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AxG
Someones messed up iPlayer
Edit: It's back, but it's still in bad shape when viewing a video.
CH
Chie
Well I have the latest version of Flash Player installed, and have just spent five minutes looking for a programme with a high quality option, but I can't find one.
AS
Asa Admin
Chie posted:
Well I have the latest version of Flash Player installed, and have just spent five minutes looking for a programme with a high quality option, but I can't find one.


Hmmm...that's weird. Life on Mars definitely had the "high quality" button earlier but having checked again, it's disappeared. Maybe they found a bug just before going home and decided to switch it off for the night?! Was great quality though, much better for full screen.
PA
paul_hadley
Yeah, looks like they've got rid of the High Quality option for now for some reason.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074scz/
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tellywatcher
I've noticed recently on a few news articles, that they're now experimenting with an 'in-page links' function - which provides background detail from external sites (mainly Wikipedia) about specific words/phrases.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/7545125.stm posted:
For a limited period the BBC News Website is experimenting with clickable links within the body of news stories.

If you click on one of these links, a window will appear containing background material relevant to that word that is highlighted. The links have been carefully chosen by our journalists.

We are doing this trial because we want to see if you enjoy exploring background material presented in this way. It's part of our continuing efforts to provide the best possible experience.

In addition to background material from the BBC News website, we are also displaying content from other sites, including Wikipedia, You Tube and Flickr. We have done this to find out what you think about us offering you related material from other sources.

If you take part in the trial, we hope you find it useful and we would like to hear what you think. You can send us your feedback via the "What's this?" link which can be found at the bottom of the pop-up window.

The system that we are using for this trial is provided by Apture.


Example here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7553608.stm
PA
paul_hadley
The BBC linking to Wikipedia as a trustworthy source? Laughing
AN
Ant
lateshowuk posted:
Yeah, looks like they've got rid of the High Quality option for now for some reason.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074scz/

...aaaand it's back.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d28mk/

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