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When playing back a TV or radio programme on the BBC website, there's a pause/play button in the middle, and either side of that a button to
step back or forward a fixed amount.

I've just noticed that it's 10 seconds for TV ("iPlayer"), and 20
seconds for radio ("SOUNDS"). Anyone know why?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Veni, Vidi, Video (I came, I saw, I'll watch it again later)
- Mik from S+AS Limited (mik@saslimited.demon.co.uk), 1998

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J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

When playing back a TV or radio programme on the BBC website, there's a pause/play button in the middle, and either side of that a button to
step back or forward a fixed amount.

I've just noticed that it's 10 seconds for TV ("iPlayer"), and 20
seconds for radio ("SOUNDS"). Anyone know why?

Different developers?


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On 2025/9/20 9:15:7, Tweed wrote:

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

When playing back a TV or radio programme on the BBC website, there's a
pause/play button in the middle, and either side of that a button to
step back or forward a fixed amount.

I've just noticed that it's 10 seconds for TV ("iPlayer"), and 20
seconds for radio ("SOUNDS"). Anyone know why?

Different developers?

Seems plausible; but, they are too similar - both having the same layout
of pause control with the "curls" either side - to not have been agreed
by some specifier, who I'm surprised accepted the difference.

I could guess that _maybe_ someone thought you needed longer steps for
radio, but I don't think that level of thinking-about-it is really there.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

At the end of the day, I wasn't asking to kill the pandas, I was simply
asking for an audit in terms of conservation resources, and I stand by
every word. -Chris Packham, quoted in Radio Times, 29 May - 4 June 2010
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J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

On 2025/9/20 9:15:7, Tweed wrote:

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

When playing back a TV or radio programme on the BBC website, there's a
pause/play button in the middle, and either side of that a button to
step back or forward a fixed amount.

I've just noticed that it's 10 seconds for TV ("iPlayer"), and 20
seconds for radio ("SOUNDS"). Anyone know why?

Different developers?

Seems plausible; but, they are too similar - both having the same layout
of pause control with the "curls" either side - to not have been agreed
by some specifier, who I'm surprised accepted the difference.

I could guess that _maybe_ someone thought you needed longer steps for
radio, but I don't think that level of thinking-about-it is really there.

YourCOd be surprised how lax most specifications are. Probably much more
effort went into specifying where the branding goes and what it looks like.


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On 20/09/2025 09:39, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2025/9/20 9:15:7, Tweed wrote:

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

When playing back a TV or radio programme on the BBC website, there's a
pause/play button in the middle, and either side of that a button to
step back or forward a fixed amount.

I've just noticed that it's 10 seconds for TV ("iPlayer"), and 20
seconds for radio ("SOUNDS"). Anyone know why?

Different developers?

Seems plausible; but, they are too similar - both having the same layout
of pause control with the "curls" either side - to not have been agreed
by some specifier, who I'm surprised accepted the difference.

I could guess that _maybe_ someone thought you needed longer steps for
radio, but I don't think that level of thinking-about-it is really there.

The steps require buffering somewhere and TV uses more data than radio?
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On 2025/9/20 18:58:12, MikeS wrote:

On 20/09/2025 09:39, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2025/9/20 9:15:7, Tweed wrote:

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

When playing back a TV or radio programme on the BBC website, there's a >>>> pause/play button in the middle, and either side of that a button to
step back or forward a fixed amount.

I've just noticed that it's 10 seconds for TV ("iPlayer"), and 20
seconds for radio ("SOUNDS"). Anyone know why?

Different developers?

Seems plausible; but, they are too similar - both having the same layout
of pause control with the "curls" either side - to not have been agreed
by some specifier, who I'm surprised accepted the difference.

I could guess that _maybe_ someone thought you needed longer steps for
radio, but I don't think that level of thinking-about-it is really there.

The steps require buffering somewhere and TV uses more data than radio?

By a lot more than 2:1, though!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"We're plumbing shallows we didn't know existed here" - Jeremy Paxman
(as quizmaster of "University Challenge"), 1998 (when losing team
suddenly put on a spurt by showing knowledge of things like the
Eurovision Song Contest ...)
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