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    #11
    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    They missed a bit.

    BBC NEWS | Business | Market Data | Overview

    Still has the old design.
    They haven't switched everything over to the new CMS yet.

    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Nick. Does the BBC site work in IE6?
    I presume you mean the BBC News site?

    It's generally OK; a few touches missing here and there. There's a shedload of hacks in there to cope with IE-less-than-8's utter brokenness though:

    Code:
    <!--[if (IE 6)|(IE 7)]>   <style type="text/css"> .blq-gvl-3 #blq-mast, body #blq-container.blq-gvl-3 .blq-foot-opaque { background: transparent;  -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#66000000,endColorstr=#66000000)"; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#66000000,endColorstr=#66000000); }  html body #blq-container #blq-nav {background: transparent;} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-mast #blq-search { padding: 5px 4px 4px 7px; } .blq-gvl-3 #blq-nav-main a { background-position: left 12px; } .blq-morepanel-shown #blq-nav-m a { background-position: 83% -13px} </style>  <![endif]-->  <!--[if IE 6]>  <style type="text/css"> .blq-clearfix {height:1%;} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-mast-home .blq-home {display:none;} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-autosuggest {margin-left:-7px; padding-bottom:8px} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-nav-main {background-position: 96% 16px;} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-mast-home img {visibility: hidden;} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-mast-home a {filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod='crop', src='http://static.bbc.co.uk/frameworks/barlesque/1.3.2/newnav/../gvl3/img/blocks/light.png');} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-mast-home a {cursor:pointer} .blq-gvl-3 #blq-mast-home span.blq-home {height:32px; width:107px;} .blq-footer-image-light, .blq-footer-image-dark {width: 68px;height: 21px;display: block;} .blq-footer-image-dark img, .blq-footer-image-light img { visibility: hidden; } .blq-footer-image-light {filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod='scale', src='http://static.bbc.co.uk/frameworks/barlesque/1.3.2/newnav/../gvl3/img/blocks/light.png');} .blq-footer-image-dark {filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod='scale', src='http://static.bbc.co.uk/frameworks/barlesque/1.3.2/newnav/../gvl3/img/blocks/dark.png');} </style>   <script type="text/javascript"> try { document.execCommand("BackgroundImageCache",false,true); } catch(e) {} </script> <![endif]-->   <!--[if lt IE 6]> <style> html body #blq-container #blq-foot { background: #4c4c4c; } html body #blq-container #blq-foot a, html body #blq-container #blq-foot p, html body #blq-container #blq-foot li { color: white; } </style> <![endif]-->
    and, in an unusual but effective approach:

    Code:
    <!--[if lte IE 6]><body class="news ie disable-wide-advert"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]><body class="news ie7 disable-wide-advert"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]><body class="news ie8 disable-wide-advert"><![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]>--><body class="news disable-wide-advert"><!--<![endif]-->
    which means they've even had to introduce hacks for IE8, which gets most things right

    They've also excluded a load of styles from IE-less-than-6, and a load more from any version of IE.

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      #12
      Is it just me or have they basically taken stuff from the left hand side (menus) and right hand side (related news, external links, etc) and just put them at the top of bottom of the page?

      In a world where most new PCs now come with widescreen monitors, was this really necessary?

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        #13
        Originally posted by CheeseSlice View Post

        In a world where most new PCs now come with widescreen monitors, was this really necessary?
        maximumcontentwidthisthenewshinyidea
        ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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          #14
          Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
          maximumcontentwidthisthenewshinyidea
          I hope it's not. I hope they have given the actual text a maximum width or I don't think I'll be able to read it on my 24" screen.
          While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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            #15
            Originally posted by doodab View Post
            I hope it's not. I hope they have given the actual text a maximum width or I don't think I'll be able to read it on my 24" screen.
            The content width is fixed at 976px. The primary column on the left of the home page is 624px, and the supplementary column at the right is 336px (plus 16px of margin between them == 976). The main story headline is also 624px; the story content column is 464px wide, allowing for supplementary material such as pullquotes and photo insets in the right-hand 160px of the story, with the right-hand supplementary material still at 336px (and 16px margin between the two primary columns).
            Last edited by NickFitz; 14 July 2010, 15:07.

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              #16
              Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
              The content width is fixed at 976px. The primary column on the left of the home page is 624px, and the supplementary column at the right is 336px (plus 16px of margin between them == 976). The main story headline is also 624px; the story content column is 464px wide, allowing for supplementary material such as pullquotes and photo insets in the right-hand 160px of the story, with the right-hand supplementary material still at 336px (and 16px margin between the two primary columns).
              What's the lowest size monitor that would support this without the need to scroll horizontally? Is it 15"?

              Just wondering what the standard is in these days of large screen displays.

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                #17
                Originally posted by Clippy View Post
                What's the lowest size monitor that would support this without the need to scroll horizontally? Is it 15"?

                Just wondering what the standard is in these days of large screen displays.
                It's not just the size of the monitor per se, it's the resolution - and how good your eyes are...

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post
                  Originally posted by Clippy View Post
                  What's the lowest size monitor that would support this without the need to scroll horizontally? Is it 15"?

                  Just wondering what the standard is in these days of large screen displays.
                  It's not just the size of the monitor per se, it's the resolution - and how good your eyes are...
                  WSSS. It's going to be fine on anything down to 1024*768; the next widely-found resolution below that is 800*600. On such a screen you'd still be able to see all the primary content by vertical scrolling; you'd only have to scroll horizontally to look at all of the stuff in the right-hand column. In fact, that would apply all the way down to 640*480, assuming the vertical scrollbar wasn't too thick.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Clippy View Post
                    Don't like it but will have to get used to it!
                    Not sure I like it either. I fear change.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by moorfield View Post
                      Not sure I like it either. I fear change.
                      OK, I fkn hate it - don't actually seem to be able to 'find' any news due to the lack of categories on the page - having to scroll down to find them is a chore and counter-intuitive/productive.

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