http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/08/interesting_stuff_20080821.html en-gb 30 Sat 28 Nov 2009 21:30:11 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/08/interesting_stuff_20080821.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/08/interesting_stuff_20080821.html?page=16#comment4 Thank you for the post. http://www.birsesver.com Sat 13 Jun 2009 05:10:10 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/08/interesting_stuff_20080821.html?page=12#comment3 As a (relatively) "expert" IT/web user, I normally get interested/exctied when I see a new technology/function. This is exactly how I felt when I saw the Apture pilot on the BBC news website.My initial impressions were:1) it looked a bit "odd" for some reason; didn't fit in with the rest of the BBC site2) it seemed to be fairly easy to use/understand3) I was still interested in seeing it used more to decide whether I actually liked it or not.So after the initial excitement and a few initial questions, I then started thinking about how a non-techie would feel about them. Overall there are some concerns I have about confusion over click versus rollover (I still see people clicking both mouse buttons because they can't remember which one does which), and a few issues over how this will actually be used in the future. And it needs to look less "proprietry".So, overall, I'm stiill unsure and want to try it more, but am stilled piqued by it.Lets continue to watch this space! Tue 26 Aug 2008 08:24:28 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/08/interesting_stuff_20080821.html?page=8#comment2 Oh, NB, I'm the guy who wrote the 'bad, bad, bad linking Beeb' thing, in case you were wondering. That's my alter-ego, but unfortunately my first choice user name was unavailable when I signed up to the BBC thingy. Fri 22 Aug 2008 16:29:57 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/08/interesting_stuff_20080821.html?page=4#comment1 Of course, the assumption that using bog-standard links would overwhelm the core story appears to be unchallenged. I would still contend that after using them for 15 years+ people have got the hang of hyperlinks (as well as the 'back' button) now. So if they want to read background info, they may jump off part-way through the story, then jump back. The assumption also seems to be made that people must WANT to read all of the story: what if only part of it is relevant? They may well then want to jump off to a link focussing on that particular part.Once you've finished trialling the Apture thing, why not trial "normal" links too? (NB I do like the open dialogue, though: this is one thing, along with the ability to listen to negative feedback that I feel the BBC has improved on in the last few years.) Fri 22 Aug 2008 16:28:32 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/08/interesting_stuff_20080821.html?page=0#comment0 Hi Nick,Your second hyperlink "logged at...." in the second paragraph doesn't work.Remove the # symbol and everything after it.Just goes to show that if the BBC is going to have a lot more external links then they need to be accurate!! :-)Cheers, Paul Fri 22 Aug 2008 13:49:10 GMT+1