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Nothing to get excited about (February 2006)

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MO
Moz
Well I've actually received a pleasant, informative email from them...

Quote:
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry that you don't like the new
BBC Two website, but I hope I can address some of the issues that you
have raised.

With regards to the increase in video content, this is a deliberate
move. BBC Two viewers have increasingly been asking us to make our
programmes, or extracts from them, available to watch on our website.
In the long term, we hope to make almost all of our programmes available
to watch in full but obviously this is a very ambitious aim.

The new BBC Two website is a pilot project intended to investigate which
programmes people most want to watch on the web, how we can make it as
easy as possible for people to find what they want and how,
operationally, we can deliver this as efficiently as possible. This
version of the website is only the first step towards this ambition and
we will be making frequent, but gradual, changes over the next few
months in response to what we learn. Please be assured that we will
take all user feedback into consideration, although obviously we can't
change things on the basis of just one person's opinion. In addition to
feedback, we will also be carrying out regular formal user-testing of
the site to make sure that we're making the right changes.

The problem with scrolling was a bug that we have now corrected. Many
thanks for pointing this out.

You also asked whether we could add links to the other BBC channel
websites. We think this is a great idea, and are looking into the best
way to do this. Hopefully you'll notice this, and other improvements,
soon.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us. Your feedback is
invaluable to help us improve the site.

Best wishes,

BBC Two web team
www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo


If anyone else would like to tell them what you think, as they say feedback is invaluable, I contacted them via http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/help/?id=contactus
M
M@ Founding member
For me, I can't see why the Beeb would go to so much trouble creating a whole new image for the BBC Two website without at least some element of it appearing on-screen. I haven't seen one single instance of a tv channel's website looking drastically different to that of the the channel itself.

For instance, look at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/newsletter/?id=signup. Why on earth would the website team create that image for the newsletter page? Where would you start to think that two "two's" in a nest would be a suitable image for the newsletter page, especially considering the way the channel looks on-screen? It doesn't seem credible that the website team created this whole image just for the website.

We've all seen the beeb make some unusual design decision in the past few years, but if this image doesn't apppear on-screen, it'll be the icing on the cake. I've conviced myself that this look will be on-screen in one way or another shortly.
CH
chris
Maybe this will be the look which BBC TWO will reveal at around the same time BBC ONE gets rid of the dancers? Just a thought....
MD
mdtauk
M@ posted:
For me, I can't see why the Beeb would go to so much trouble creating a whole new image for the BBC Two website without at least some element of it appearing on-screen. I haven't seen one single instance of a tv channel's website looking drastically different to that of the the channel itself.

For instance, look at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/newsletter/?id=signup. Why on earth would the website team create that image for the newsletter page? Where would you start to think that two "two's" in a nest would be a suitable image for the newsletter page, especially considering the way the channel looks on-screen? It doesn't seem credible that the website team created this whole image just for the website.

We've all seen the beeb make some unusual design decision in the past few years, but if this image doesn't apppear on-screen, it'll be the icing on the cake. I've conviced myself that this look will be on-screen in one way or another shortly.


I would rather see the website take on the Channel's Look, or perhaps a refresh of the TV look, same colour scheme, but the 2's in a different style, and perhaps an animated Logo Box (get rid of the damn transparency) and the logo in the same style...
JA
Jamesypoo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/broadband/mediaplayer/players/bbc2

There's an ident on there...
BL
Blob
why is there the old 2000 christmas ident on there with the purple box
MA
marksi
Blob posted:
why is there the old 2000 christmas ident on there with the purple box


Look into my eyes, not around the eyes, into my eyes... you're under...

When I click my fingers you'll believe that's a Winter Olympic ident that you've never seen before.

<click>
PC
Paul Clark
Odd how the Xmas 2000 Ident is online, just as the winter olympics is here....but, nah, surely they won't use it into the event itself....
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Quote:
You also asked whether we could add links to the other BBC channel
websites. We think this is a great idea, and are looking into the best
way to do this.


Adding links is a great idea ? It's such a recent innovation that isn't it ? Laughing

This website looks like somebody on work experience having a play.
BE
Ben Founding member
Using an old Christmas logo is just cheap. Razz
PC
Paul Clark
Yahoo! Xmas 2000 all over again!
JA
Jamesypoo
duke1401 posted:
Odd how the Xmas 2000 Ident is online, just as the winter olympics is here....but, nah, surely they won't use it into the event itself....


Well they have

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