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From: tim.... on 14 Jun 2010 04:53 "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jk1m9u.13u9z94do5ia7N%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > tim.... <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> "erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message >> news:drache-99925F.22095112062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi... >> > In article <hv0ist02t1j(a)news3.newsguy.com>, >> > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> > >> >> Donwill wrote: >> >> > On 12/06/2010 16:47, erilar wrote: >> >> >> What happened to "travel" topics here lately? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > It's been taken over and ruined by American Nutters with bees in >> >> > their >> >> > bonnets. >> >> > Don >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, so has the American media! (Thank God for the >> >> Internet - >> >> it seems to be the only source for any approximation of "balanced" >> >> news >> >> in the U.S. these days.) >> > >> > I've just acquired an iPad and had the brilliant thought of adding an >> > app for BBC News. I already get German news 8-) >> >> why do you need an app? >> >> Why can't you just type in the url (and save it as a favourite - or >> whatever)? >> >> (genuine question I know nothing about this appley stuff) > > You can, but the ipad doesn't support flash, due to two large > corporations (Adobe and Apple) having a petty fight. Disable flash on > your browser and go to the bbc news website- the video and audio won't > work. Same goes for almost any media website. You don't need flash to read the BBC, only to play their annoying videos. > I use an app for BBC news which is useful as it downloads news stories > so you can read them online. OK, I can see a small need for that, but only if you really can't read whilst online for some reason. In the old order world of being charged by connection time I can see that people might want to read offline to save connection costs, but with connections charged by megabytes nowadays that isn't going to make any difference, or am I missing something? tim
From: Martin on 14 Jun 2010 06:08 On 14/06/10 10:48, tim.... wrote: > "erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message > news:drache-0F6D7D.17005113062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.example.com... >> In article <87k9jsFo8hU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> why do you need an app? >> >> It's an iPad. > > How is that an answer? > > Surely it has an internet browser (the website shows it with one) > > http://images.apple.com/uk/ipad/home/images/hero_20100127.png from what Erilar has said the browser can't cope with the BBC website.
From: tim.... on 14 Jun 2010 06:19 "Martin" <martin(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:hv4v5s$3s7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 14/06/10 10:48, tim.... wrote: >> "erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message >> news:drache-0F6D7D.17005113062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.example.com... >>> In article <87k9jsFo8hU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>> "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> why do you need an app? >>> >>> It's an iPad. >> >> How is that an answer? >> >> Surely it has an internet browser (the website shows it with one) >> >> http://images.apple.com/uk/ipad/home/images/hero_20100127.png > > from what Erilar has said the browser can't cope with the BBC website. But apart from the videos, it's a simple html and jpeg based site, there is nothing tricky about it at all. And if there is, it's possible to select a version that is entirely text based. tim
From: Martin on 14 Jun 2010 06:36 On 14/06/10 12:19, tim.... wrote: > "Martin" <martin(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:hv4v5s$3s7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 14/06/10 10:48, tim.... wrote: >>> "erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:drache-0F6D7D.17005113062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.example.com... >>>> In article <87k9jsFo8hU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>>> "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> why do you need an app? >>>> >>>> It's an iPad. >>> >>> How is that an answer? >>> >>> Surely it has an internet browser (the website shows it with one) >>> >>> http://images.apple.com/uk/ipad/home/images/hero_20100127.png >> >> from what Erilar has said the browser can't cope with the BBC website. > > But apart from the videos, it's a simple html and jpeg based site, there is > nothing tricky about it at all. Except it blocks access if it thinks you don't have the applications installed that it needs. > > And if there is, it's possible to select a version that is entirely text > based. > > tim > > > >
From: BP killed my turtle on 14 Jun 2010 06:49
On Jun 12, 5:47 pm, erilar <dra...(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > What happened to "travel" topics here lately? > > -- > Erilar, biblioholic medievalist > > http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo Runge will be back from Buenos Aires soon....I look forward to his trip report.... |