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| '''Less black and more graphics''' is a [[Computing]] Team [[in-joke]], originating from the [[SRAs]] 2012. | |
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| It comes from the rather terse feedback from Computing Team's 2012 Best Technical Achievement entry, [[Presenters First: A Unified Computing Experience]], which is confusingly itself an in-joke. Quoted for posterity:
| | The current studio clock system was written by [[Lloyd Wallis]] in 2011ish as a massive improvement over previous trials using xclock or something like that. |
| | It has some pretty cool features: |
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| Subject: The Student Radio Association - Awards Feedback (URY (Best Technical Achievement) - Presenters First: A Unified Computing Experience)<br />
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| Date: 2012-12-11 15:02<br />
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| From: Student Radio Awards Judges <awards@studentradio.org.uk><br />
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| To: matt.windsor@ury.org.uk<br />
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| THE STUDENT RADIO ASSOCIATION - AWARDS FEEDBACK (URY (BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT) - PRESENTERS FIRST: A UNIFIED COMPUTING EXPERIENCE)<br />
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| Hi [[Matt Windsor]],<br />
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| Firstly, we're sorry that this feedback process has taken slightly longer than we would originally had hoped.<br />
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| Below you will find the feedback for 'PRESENTERS FIRST: A UNIFIED COMPUTING EXPERIENCE' that you entered into the 'BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT' category for the Student Radio Awards 2012. Depending on the category, you may have more than one piece of feedback from different judges. To protect the judges anonymity, their names are not included. If you entered this category on behalf of someone else, please forward this on to the participants!<br />
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| * A well thought through [[Show Planner|playout system and broadcast work flow manager]]
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| * Excellent system, nice use of HTML5.
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| * A lot of time and effort and clearly gone in to creating this system and it does quite a few clever things. However, it slightly feels as though the system is trying to be all things to all people. Future development should perhaps focus on making the user interface more friendly ('''less black, more graphics''', standard symbolic buttons etc).
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| If you would like more information please reply to this email, where someone will get back to you.<br />
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| Many Thanks - The Student Radio Association Ltd<br />
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| The Student Radio Association Ltd, a company Registered in England and Wales as a Company Limited by Guarantee, No. 06419104. VAT Registration No. 919 2489 90<br />
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| Registered Office: c/o The Radio Academy, 3rd Floor, 55 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1BS
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| == Controversy ==
| | * Mic Live timer (temperamental); |
| | | * News cues; |
| Much was made of the SRA judges' decree that URY's computing services would be improved by less black and more graphics. It was pointed out that less black would reduce contrast (thus making it harder to read things) and more graphics would clutter the user interfaces up (thus making it harder to read things).
| | * Current and up to two upcoming show display; |
| | | * Studio selector integration; |
| A retort was sent, but not replied to. Possibly.
| | * Date; |
| | * Christmas support; |
| | * Tells the time. |
The studio clock is a rather important piece of equipment that not only tells you the time, but also other important information.
Timelord
The current studio clock system was written by Lloyd Wallis in 2011ish as a massive improvement over previous trials using xclock or something like that.
It has some pretty cool features:
- Mic Live timer (temperamental);
- News cues;
- Current and up to two upcoming show display;
- Studio selector integration;
- Date;
- Christmas support;
- Tells the time.
