On 21 Nov 2009 David Pitt <pit...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote: > Dr Peter Young <pnyo...@ormail.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 21 Nov 2009 David Pitt <pit...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Dr Peter Young <pnyo...@ormail.co.uk> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>>> I suspect this is all the fault of the BBC web-people, but I wonder >>>> what the experts have to say? >> >>> Given the general slowness reported I would have doubts about Peter's >>> broadband speed. I get about 6000kb/s and Firefox 3.5.5 downloaded at >>> over 700kB/s. >> >> Yes, indeed, I know my broadband is on the slow side; as I understand it, >> we're about at the maximum distance from the exchange. Putting in the >> timings was a way of pointing out what I think is an unnecessary amount of >> bloat on the BBC sites, not to complain about slowness! > The BBC site is certainly not slimline at all but even my slowest non-RISCOS > machine, XP on a single 1.4MHz core, copes well. Lots of sites are over > complicated these days. > The BBC site does offer, debloated?, versions for mobiles, and at this point > I find a minor snag. On the BBC's home page some links are not displayed in > Netsurf at the top left in the purple bit above the BBC logo, fortunately > the Mobile link is present. Chase that around for a while to reach this > which is a bit quicker, (but not a lot), :- > http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/d/index.mobile.shtml Useful to know, and thanks, but here, with my slow broadband line, it's not that much faster. With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter, \ / zfc Yb \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne \/ __ __ \ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _ \ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \______________ pnyo...@ormail.co.uk
