bbc iplayer for tv: putting iplayer where it belongs
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BBC iPlayer for TVPutting telly back where it belongs
Jane Murison
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I’ve been at the Beeb 9 years. I recently shared a lift with the Blue Peter dog.
It’s pronounced ‘mew-riss-on’
As opposed to ‘terrorist’ or ‘in charge’
This is one of many poor haircuts I’ve had. I was trying to grow it out.
My passport smile tries to convey that I am serious but friendly. I end up looking smug.
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“Telly is nicer to watch telly on. That’s why it’s telly.”
Participant quote from BBC user research last week
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I’ll talk aboutHow TV is different from computers
Frankenstein technology
How we design for new things
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Designing for TV
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Why doesn’t TV iPlayer look like this?
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flickr.com
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Telly is big, but (in the immortal words of Father Ted), it’s far away.
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Do less.
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1) Not every box lets designers choose a font.
2) Designers have their noses two inches from a giant monitor and the eyesight of a youthful osprey.
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Remote controls are hard to design for
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Entry problemsYou only have these buttons.*
* Colour keys are evil.
enter
back
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It’s even more fun with Games Consoles
enter
back
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Colours change on telly.
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The iPlayer Pink (circa 2010)
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..and textures change too
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… and gradients are a nightmare
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Action safe
Text safe
‘Salmon’ safe
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…and yet, sometimes we get this
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Transitions
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Test it! With people!
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Franken-users &Franken-tech
Wikipedia
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Look how happy they are
Zdnet.com
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Marginally closer to the truth
FOX
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Some people get TVs from skips
Wikipedia
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‘The’ ‘user’
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Who’s your (secret) primary persona?
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! *&$! £$@!
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Designing for new devices
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Mapping the product to the thing
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Competing wireframes
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Mapping the users to the product
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“We went hands, arms and voice on with iPlayer for Xbox Live - it's very swish.”
“Whoop, going minority report all over my XBOX BBC iPlayer Xbox 360”
“Finally, we get BBC iPlayer on the Xbox. Awesome. #HappyNow!!!”
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What next?
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The march goes on…New features like ‘live’, ‘pause’, ‘last played’
New devices to launch on all the time (Sky coming this year)
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Thanks!@mewroh
Jane Murison