Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-22 Thread Roger Darlington
On 20 Nov 2009, Dr Peter Young wrote: > On 20 Nov 2009 "Gerald Dodson" wrote: > >> November 15 version: > >> On first accessing the BBC weather site the part of the page initially >> shown is blank and there is a error occurs with a png. Stepping down >> results in the image on the lower part o

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-22 Thread Dr Peter Young
On 21 Nov 2009 David Pitt wrote: > Dr Peter Young wrote: >> On 21 Nov 2009 David Pitt wrote: >> >>> Dr Peter Young 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 reporte

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-22 Thread Dr Peter Young
On 21 Nov 2009 Michael Drake wrote: > In article <49539.82.153.33.53.1258751334.squir...@email.orpheusnet.co.uk>, >Gerald Dodson wrote: >> November 15 version: >> On first accessing the BBC weather site the part of the page initially >> shown is blank and there is a error occurs with a png

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-22 Thread Erving
In message you wrote: snip > > I've given up on the BBC weather sites, for just the reason that > Gerald mentions. The Metcheck sites (try > http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=GL52%203DS > for instance) seem to work better, though this had just taken 35 > seconds to load, b

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-21 Thread Michael Drake
In article <49539.82.153.33.53.1258751334.squir...@email.orpheusnet.co.uk>, Gerald Dodson wrote: > November 15 version: > On first accessing the BBC weather site the part of the page initially > shown is blank and there is a error occurs with a png. Stepping down > results in the image on the

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-21 Thread David Pitt
Dr Peter Young wrote: > On 21 Nov 2009 David Pitt wrote: > > > Dr Peter Young 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 > > br

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-21 Thread Dr Peter Young
On 21 Nov 2009 David Pitt wrote: > Dr Peter Young 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

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-21 Thread David Pitt
Dr Peter Young wrote: [snip] > This is with RISC OS 5.14 and NetSurf r9677 and broadband. > > The BBC sites in general seem to be getting more and more bloated. The BBC > front page, which I have as my home page, with its 100+ images (really > needed?) takes 25 seconds or so to load, and I can

Re: BBC Weather site display

2009-11-20 Thread Dr Peter Young
On 20 Nov 2009 "Gerald Dodson" wrote: > November 15 version: > On first accessing the BBC weather site the part of the page initially > shown is blank and there is a error occurs with a png. Stepping down > results in the image on the lower part of the page being shown and on > returning to the

BBC Weather site display

2009-11-20 Thread Gerald Dodson
November 15 version: On first accessing the BBC weather site the part of the page initially shown is blank and there is a error occurs with a png. Stepping down results in the image on the lower part of the page being shown and on returning to the top part that appears correctly. So far I have n