Friday, December 14, 2007

Grumbling about the iPlayer

Just a little grumble about the BBC iPlayer interface. Now that it's Flash streaming (well done!) I can actually use it.

But can't I just have a list? I know it's supposed to be TV on the web but if I want to watch something I missed last night I just want to scan a list and click on it. I don't want promo images of the programme and I sure don't want to have to click through grids of images.

And URLs?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b008flpc.shtml?q=spooks&start=1&scope=iplayersearch&go=Find+Programmes&version_pid=b008md6r

That's not good is it? Lucky we've got /programmes, maybe they'll do something with iPlayer content.

UPDATE - Well, looks like they've embedded them already (and on the day after the Christmas party). Go team!

Disclaimer - These are my personal views and not those of the BBC, my employer.

1 comments:

Richard Banks 18:35  

The aspirational designs for browsing that I've seen (at least for radio) have the option to browse without promo images, by date, by A-Z etc...so I think you'll get your wish.

RB

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