On Mon, 16 May 2005 06:13:14 +0000 (UTC), Michael Mcneil wrote:

Why does the date have to be superimposed on the image when there is
any amount of room on the page for that sort of thing?

So that when you use the animation feature you know the date/time you
are viewing without having to reload the whole page. All that changes
is the displayed image.

You might not have realised that there are animation buttons though,
the top 1/4 of the standard rewind forward stop play buttons is hacked
off in my browser.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

On Mon, 16 May 2005 06:13:14 +0000 (UTC), Michael Mcneil wrote:

Why does the date have to be superimposed on the image when there is
any amount of room on the page for that sort of thing?

So that when you use the animation feature you know the date/time you
are viewing without having to reload the whole page. All that changes
is the displayed image.

You might not have realised that there are animation buttons though,
the top 1/4 of the standard rewind forward stop play buttons is hacked
off in my browser.

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Michael Mcneil wrote:
Anyone seen the "new" weather style of the BBC forecasts?

Very 2 dimensional. The ITV messed around with a much more interesting
format last year.

And to cap it all they still send the bloody fools up on the damned
roof. What is that gasometer thing?



What a horrible colour....yuck. And whats with the JPEG compression
artefacts in the maps? Horrible.

Michael Mcneil wrote:
Anyone seen the "new" weather style of the BBC forecasts?

Very 2 dimensional. The ITV messed around with a much more interesting
format last year.

And to cap it all they still send the bloody fools up on the damned
roof. What is that gasometer thing?



What a horrible colour....yuck. And whats with the JPEG compression
artefacts in the maps? Horrible.

Michael Mcneil wrote:
Anyone seen the "new" weather style of the BBC forecasts?

Very 2 dimensional. The ITV messed around with a much more interesting
format last year.

And to cap it all they still send the bloody fools up on the damned
roof. What is that gasometer thing?



What a horrible colour....yuck. And whats with the JPEG compression
artefacts in the maps? Horrible.

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the BBC Weather.

I understand that you dislike the new format that we have adopted.

Let me assure you that our audience told us that while they enjoyed the
weather as it was, regarding the BBC forecasts as the most reliable and
authoritative, they wanted some extra clarity and more detail. This system
will bring weather forecasting up to date. By using one central database
rather than separate systems it will eradicate national and regional
discrepancies and make the system more efficient, easier to understand and
more engaging.

The aim of the new system is to make the weather as clear and as easy to
understand as possible. That means making the weather (cloud, rain, sunshine
etc), as prominent as possible and stripping away other information which
detracts from the weather forecast. So we've kept the elevation of the maps
(mountains etc) but we've taken away variations in colour which come from
using standard satellite photography. That means you can't see the
difference between deserts or green fields for example, but the weather over
both is clearer and easier to understand.

We appreciate that at first, many of our viewers will find the new maps
unusual and perhaps difficult to understand. However, over time, as with all
new technology we feel that this problem will become less frequent.

I appreciate that you may continue to disagree over our decision to
implement a new system, rest assured that your views have been registered
and form part of our daily feedback to programme makers and BBC management.
Comments such as yours help us plan future programmes.

Thank you for contacting the BBC.

Regards

Andrew Martin
BBC Information

"Carl" wrote in message
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"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
news:ec5411d60bf72a68de23ab177ce46216.45219@mygate .mailgate.org...

Anyone seen the "new" weather style of the BBC forecasts?

Hideous aren't they. Since when was the UK brown.

Tell the Beeb what you think, i have:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint.shtml

Carl

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the BBC Weather.

I understand that you dislike the new format that we have adopted.

Let me assure you that our audience told us that while they enjoyed the
weather as it was, regarding the BBC forecasts as the most reliable and
authoritative, they wanted some extra clarity and more detail. This system
will bring weather forecasting up to date. By using one central database
rather than separate systems it will eradicate national and regional
discrepancies and make the system more efficient, easier to understand and
more engaging.

The aim of the new system is to make the weather as clear and as easy to
understand as possible. That means making the weather (cloud, rain, sunshine
etc), as prominent as possible and stripping away other information which
detracts from the weather forecast. So we've kept the elevation of the maps
(mountains etc) but we've taken away variations in colour which come from
using standard satellite photography. That means you can't see the
difference between deserts or green fields for example, but the weather over
both is clearer and easier to understand.

We appreciate that at first, many of our viewers will find the new maps
unusual and perhaps difficult to understand. However, over time, as with all
new technology we feel that this problem will become less frequent.

I appreciate that you may continue to disagree over our decision to
implement a new system, rest assured that your views have been registered
and form part of our daily feedback to programme makers and BBC management.
Comments such as yours help us plan future programmes.

Thank you for contacting the BBC.

Regards

Andrew Martin
BBC Information

"Carl" wrote in message
...
x-no archive: yes

"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
news:ec5411d60bf72a68de23ab177ce46216.45219@mygate .mailgate.org...

Anyone seen the "new" weather style of the BBC forecasts?

Hideous aren't they. Since when was the UK brown.

Tell the Beeb what you think, i have:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint.shtml

Carl

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the BBC Weather.

I understand that you dislike the new format that we have adopted.

Let me assure you that our audience told us that while they enjoyed the
weather as it was, regarding the BBC forecasts as the most reliable and
authoritative, they wanted some extra clarity and more detail. This system
will bring weather forecasting up to date. By using one central database
rather than separate systems it will eradicate national and regional
discrepancies and make the system more efficient, easier to understand and
more engaging.

The aim of the new system is to make the weather as clear and as easy to
understand as possible. That means making the weather (cloud, rain, sunshine
etc), as prominent as possible and stripping away other information which
detracts from the weather forecast. So we've kept the elevation of the maps
(mountains etc) but we've taken away variations in colour which come from
using standard satellite photography. That means you can't see the
difference between deserts or green fields for example, but the weather over
both is clearer and easier to understand.

We appreciate that at first, many of our viewers will find the new maps
unusual and perhaps difficult to understand. However, over time, as with all
new technology we feel that this problem will become less frequent.

I appreciate that you may continue to disagree over our decision to
implement a new system, rest assured that your views have been registered
and form part of our daily feedback to programme makers and BBC management.
Comments such as yours help us plan future programmes.

Thank you for contacting the BBC.

Regards

Andrew Martin
BBC Information

"Carl" wrote in message
...
x-no archive: yes

"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
news:ec5411d60bf72a68de23ab177ce46216.45219@mygate .mailgate.org...

Anyone seen the "new" weather style of the BBC forecasts?

Hideous aren't they. Since when was the UK brown.

Tell the Beeb what you think, i have:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint.shtml

Carl

On Mon, 16 May 2005 14:39:03 +0100, "Lester"
wrote:

[BBC complaints reply]
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the BBC Weather.

I understand that you dislike the new format that we have adopted.

Let me assure you that our audience told us that while they enjoyed the
weather as it was, regarding the BBC forecasts as the most reliable and

blahblahblah. Standard Letter NW-3, pre-written months ago.

With our help, they'll sort it out eventually. Simple things like a
brown coloured UK are certain to be changed - basic and obvious but
completely missed in the pilot testing etc.

Such is life - as always with new software/hardware/systems. We'll
have to give 'em time but let's keep our "observations" (complaints!)
going until they get it right.

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Dave

On Mon, 16 May 2005 14:39:03 +0100, "Lester"
wrote:

[BBC complaints reply]
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the BBC Weather.

I understand that you dislike the new format that we have adopted.

Let me assure you that our audience told us that while they enjoyed the
weather as it was, regarding the BBC forecasts as the most reliable and

blahblahblah. Standard Letter NW-3, pre-written months ago.

With our help, they'll sort it out eventually. Simple things like a
brown coloured UK are certain to be changed - basic and obvious but
completely missed in the pilot testing etc.

Such is life - as always with new software/hardware/systems. We'll
have to give 'em time but let's keep our "observations" (complaints!)
going until they get it right.

--
Dave