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RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

The BBC website has had a makeover. http://www.bbc.co.uk/

At first glance it has obviously been rejigged to give it more international appeal, especially when you call up the TV home page.

This article in the Telegraph gives the thinking behind the revamp - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/digitallife/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/02/28/dlbbc128.xml

Like everything else, we'll get used to it, but I can't help thinking that, since 20 million people visited it every week it must have been pretty good, and if it ain't broke, why fix it?
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Mark Mayhew · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2897

Totally agree.

The make over was not needed-why spend time, money ,effort giving something a makeover when it didn't need it.

BBC Management equals bonkers in my book.

gfloyd · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

I never use their home page anyway, so for me it is totally pointless
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Mark Mayhew · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2897

Ernie-Exactly-you point is well made.

tarahrah bomdiay · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 260

It looks terrible, very amatuerish I think, it just looks cheap and tacky.

Ian Robinson · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

The only time I ever went there was to use it as an index - and that's the bit they've removed. Marvelous Rolling Eyes

John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Hang on though..... you can customise the page, put the radio, TV, news, sport boxes where you want, delete others......

...hang on though.... won't let me move the box that I DON'T want Rolling Eyes

(the box on top RHS)

Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

I think it's atrocious. I used it as my home page and a browser a lot of the time but that has gone now. Yes there is a 'search' box at the top as before but it only gives BBC input on whatever you are looking for. You have to click 'web' for what you got first time round if you ticked the 'web' box on the old one.

Not exactly what I'd call progress.

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tarahrah bomdiay · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 260

They have changed the news website as well now Rolling Eyes

It looks like the sun newspaper on a bad day.

Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

They've obviously got too much money to waste......

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88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!

I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005

gfloyd · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject:

The colour scheme looks a bit watery.
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