Even the BBC does not know about font and element sizing

[dorayme]

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[Jan C. Faerber]

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Ah the BBC.
AFAIK in former times the BBC produced such informatif, clear and
convincing reports for TV that the government did not allow them
to broadcast the "dangerous truth" in their country.

Maybe because of that nowadays the BBC takes only idiots
in their DOW (dep. of www) to avoid punishment from suckass Mr. Brown.

 

[Travis Newbury]

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And the developers at the BBC would be different from most of the
other websites developers in the world how?

 

[dorayme]

And the developers at the BBC would be different from most of the
other websites developers in the world how?

They are very different to all the other developers. All the other
developers - how could you miss this? - listen carefully to what
sensible people at alt and ciwas keep telling them about the idiocy of
making fonts and boxes which go crazy at text sizes different to what
their web staff would personally use.

 

[Helpful person]

On Oct 1, 8:58 am, dorayme <[email protected]>

Ah the BBC.
AFAIK in former times the BBC produced such informatif, clear and
convincing reports for TV that the government did not allow them
to broadcast the "dangerous truth" in their country.

Absolutely untue.

www.richardfisher.com

 

[Jan C. Faerber]

Absolutely untue.

www.richardfisher.com

<quote source="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC#Allegations_of_bias">

Accusations of a left-wing bias were often made against the BBC by
members of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government in the 1980s.
Norman Tebbit called the BBC the “Stateless Person’s Broadcasting
Corporation” because of what he regarded as its unpatriotic and
neutral coverage of the Falklands War and Peter Bruinvels called it
the “Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation”. Thatcher did not agree with
the Television licence, she wanted to deregulate British broadcasting
and she regarded the BBC as overmanned and uncompetitive, as well as
biased against her. Throughout the 1980s her government appointed more
and more Conservatives to the Board of Governors of the BBC, but
controversies continued with the likes of the Nationwide general
election special with Thatcher in 1983, a Panorama documentary called
Maggie's Militant Tendency, the Real Lives interview with Martin
McGuinness, the BBC’s coverage of the United States’ Bombing of Libya
and the Zircon affair. In 1987 the Director-General of the BBC,
Alasdair Milne, was forced to resign. Thatcher later said: “I have
fought three elections against the BBC and don’t want to fight another
against it.”

</quote>

 

[Helpful person]

Accusations of a left-wing bias were often made against the BBC by
members of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government in the 1980s.
Norman Tebbit called the BBC the “Stateless Person’s Broadcasting
Corporation” because of what he regarded as its unpatriotic and
neutral coverage of the Falklands War and Peter Bruinvels called it
the “Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation”. Thatcher did not agree with
the Television licence, she wanted to deregulate British broadcasting
and she regarded the BBC as overmanned and uncompetitive, as well as
biased against her. Throughout the 1980s her government appointed more
and more Conservatives to the Board of Governors of the BBC, but
controversies continued with the likes of the Nationwide general
election special with Thatcher in 1983, a Panorama documentary called
Maggie's Militant Tendency, the Real Lives interview with Martin
McGuinness, the BBC’s coverage of the United States’ Bombing of Libya
and the Zircon affair. In 1987 the Director-General of the BBC,
Alasdair Milne, was forced to resign. Thatcher later said: “I have
fought three elections against the BBC and don’t want to fight another
against it.”

</quote>

There have always been allegations of bias against the BBC. The
Tories claim it is left of center and the Labour party claims it is
right of center. This has been going on for over 50 years. In
reality it is an independent body and as such is fortunately less
prone to pressure than if it was directly controlled by the government
or an individual. As such it has maintained a well deserved
reputation for being as unbiased as a news media can be.

(By the way, I rarely read wikipedia. In nearly every subject on
which I am well informed I find it riddled with errors,)

www.richardfisher.com

 

[nice.guy.nige]

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Well, we've already established that the BBC are a bunch of amateurs...
They use centered layout and of course, only amateurs do that ;-)

Cheers,
Nige

 

[Jan C. Faerber]

There have always been allegations of bias against the BBC.  The
Tories claim it is left of center and the Labour party claims it is
right of center.  This has been going on for over 50 years.  In
reality it is an independent body and as such is fortunately less
prone to pressure than if it was directly controlled by the government
or an individual.  As such it has maintained a well deserved
reputation for being as unbiased as a news media can be.

Here [1] you have the other side: The BBC is worried that it could
injure it's impartiality. And caught critisism.
Why?
Because the BBC is already used to be slapped anytime on their fingers
when they go toooooooooooooo far.


[1] Saturday, 24 January 2009
<quote src="http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/01/24/64912.html">

The BBC faced intense criticism Saturday from the British government
and campaigners after refusing to broadcast a charity appeal to raise
emergency funds for people in the Gaza Strip.

The BBC is worried that broadcasting the appeal by the Disasters
Emergency Committee (DEC), a coalition of 13 aid agencies, would
compromise the impartiality of its coverage and questions whether aid
can be delivered efficiently in Gaza, where Palestinians say over
1,300 people died during Israel's 22-day offensive.

</quote>

 

[Jan C. Faerber]

They are very different to all the other developers. All the other
developers - how could you miss this? - listen carefully to what
sensible people at alt and ciwas keep telling them about the idiocy of
making fonts and boxes which go crazy at text sizes different to what
their web staff would personally use.

"The road to a better team starts here:"
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[Jan C. Faerber]

The pic is not coming anymore.

Yes, I know, it was an indulgent moment triggered by irritation from
overnight attempts to entertain sleeplessness, they never cease
repeating the phrase BBC and reminding us about their online stuff. When
I rule the world, it will be against the law to advertise a website that
is badly broken.

 

[Jan C. Faerber]

The pic is not coming anymore.

Oh - yes it is there again! (0;
btw - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8321470.stm
here the layout looks perfect in FF.