BBC Magazine

21st century reporting, BBC style. Is this the way to go? (Not developing the South China Sea but the design style).

A bit clunky on my Safari, fine in Chrome.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.html


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Everybody has some aspect or element they focus on, I suppose. It’s
probably fair to say this thread is starting with the obvious user
experience of this page… it’s scrolley, changey, big-imageness. I have my
own thoughts on that, but I’ll let others dissect that.

I’m more interested in the semantics of it - how all that information
breaks down into organized and ordered, discrete and chewy, digestible
bites of information.

First, I run the page through a couple popular outline detectors to see
what sense machines make of it - http://tinyurl.com/oj4s4ha and then
Outline

A single headline with a few sub-topical headlines… credits, social
call-to-action (share) and navigation. So, very basic information with much
emphasis on presentation. Gawd, I hope that’s NOT the future of the web!

However, looking at all the defined terms which the Semantic Data
Extractor pulled out reminds me of a recent story (I forget where) about
how AP and other news orgs were pioneering API’s that allowed them to share
articles and stories across devices and apps in a semantic way that didn’t
use HTML semantics. I admit a lot of the conversation was above my head,
though it involved how a growing number of news info seems to be gathered
and organized by apps and not by people - and how API’s needed their own
“semantic” overhaul.

Although I admit my eyes get a bit glassy with this topic, I recognize it
is probably still an important discussion to have. Semantics has made web
pages more searchable, but it arguably also has made content creators work
harder to ensure rich and meaningful content - for humans. Will extending
semantic-ness to devices and apps increase this trend?

Okay, esoterica complete. You may now return to your regular appearance/UX
discussion already in progress. :slight_smile:


Ernie Simpson

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:34 AM, David Murray email@hidden wrote:

21st century reporting, BBC style. Is this the way to go? (Not developing
the South China Sea but the design style).

A bit clunky on my Safari, fine in Chrome.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.html


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May not be the most functional approach, but I actually do like the simplicity of the design. :slight_smile:


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This? http://aneventapart.com/news/post/aea-video-karen-mcgrane-adapting-ourselves-to-adaptive-content

Todd

However, looking at all the defined terms which the Semantic Data
Extractor pulled out reminds me of a recent story (I forget where) about
how AP and other news orgs were pioneering API’s that allowed them to share
articles and stories across devices and apps in a semantic way that didn’t
use HTML semantics.


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