http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/22/forward-to-the-past/ Doug Kaye's Weblog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/22/forward-to-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-24379 Paul Brannan Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:01:39 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/02/22/forward-to-the-past/#comment-24379 Hi Doug, I'm all for flexible content and giving people a bit of latitude to better display their wares but there comes a point when infinite variety - especially within one brand - becomes counter-productive. Within the BBC there have been dozens and dozens of different audio and video players. Quite apart from the multiple formats and the support they require, have pity on the poor viewer. Every time they want to play a piece of audio or video the navigation and functionality is different. Sometimes less is more. Hi Doug, I’m all for flexible content and giving people a bit of latitude to better display their wares but there comes a point when infinite variety – especially within one brand – becomes counter-productive. Within the BBC there have been dozens and dozens of different audio and video players. Quite apart from the multiple formats and the support they require, have pity on the poor viewer. Every time they want to play a piece of audio or video the navigation and functionality is different. Sometimes less is more.

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