Thursday, 26 May 2011

Small truths for the BBC

Bad Flash



I just want to say to auntie BBC that I don't go to your web sites.

I do all my browsing on an iPad, and as long as you use the old fashioned, non standard, closed Flash technology and not the web open standard HTML5, I will not go to any of your sites.

Even the iPlayer for iPad, using HTML5/MPEG4 video, performs very poorly.

I do not see

- why you promote web pages that millions of users cannot view

- why, like everyone else, you cannot provide an HTML5/MPEG4 compatible alternative

... and why you cannot, or do not, explain your stick-in-the-mud attitude and adherence to proprietary Flash technology.

No information linking



And another thing, often I hear on the radio that more information can be found on so-and-so web page. But when I make the effort to go there I often find no links or references. Your channels are poorly cross referenced and need to be brought together. (See my other post about TV and the web on iPad).





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