[LINK] ABC News Critique

[Eleanor Lister]

and here i was thinking of bagging out the new site.

it shows one or two news items, then won't play the rest.

Firefox / Ubuntu

regards,
    EL

George Bray wrote:
> Here's a challenge for critical linkers, see if you can find anything
> wrong with the new ABC News site.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/
>
> To my mind it's a superb example of a fast, light and immensely rich site.
>
> Looks good in all the browsers I tried on Mac.
>
> Really, very very fast to fetch and render.
>
> Modern user interface with in-page switchable tabs, nice layout and
> colouring, advanced search engine and human-grokkable URLs.
>
> Customisable media delivery options per user, the in-browser defaults
> worked for me.
>
> Great use of tags to "stick" me to the site, making me come back for
> the news in my areas.
>
> Invites community submission of media for news items captured by the
> public, and has a level of discussion above the news using blogs and
> comments. Not to mention delivery to mobile devices using RSS feeds.
>
> Excellent re-use of broadcast TV and radio assets. Easy-to-use media
> players, they've made optimal use of the Flash video format squeezing
> a decent frame rate into a small-ish bandwidth.
>
> Aunty has multiplied the value I get from my news staples on radio and
> TV by giving me a sophisticated tool that makes news research and
> consumption easier, and more compatible with my timetable.
>
> Eleven out of Ten.
>
> George
>   


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Eleanor Ashley Lister
South Sydney Greens
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