Yup - more politicking.
This is a link to an e-petition to prevent the BBC from making its iPlayer on-demand television service available to Windows users only, and instruct the corporation to provide its service for other operating systems (e.g. Apple Macs and Linux).
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/
Petition can be signed by UK citizens or residents only (Or, if you're an expatriate, you're in an overseas territory, a Crown dependency or in the Armed Forces without a postcode)
Deadline to sign up by: 20 August 2007
Signatures so far: 12,763
UK Mac Users and Linux Users
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Deadline to sign up by: 20 August 2007 – Signatures: 12,794
Deadline to sign up by: 20 August 2007 – Signatures: 13,544
I just registered & that jazz & get all the way through before it realises I am in Hungary & tells me I can't download the programs
WTF is the point of slingining it up on the interweb when you can only use it inside the UK anyway?
Might as well watch the fcukin' telly when the prog's on, or record it.
I just registered & that jazz & get all the way through before it realises I am in Hungary & tells me I can't download the programs
WTF is the point of slingining it up on the interweb when you can only use it inside the UK anyway?
Might as well watch the fcukin' telly when the prog's on, or record it.
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possible workaround?
mac users: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
and linux users: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/
based on 'wine' - the windows emulator
mac users: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
and linux users: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/
based on 'wine' - the windows emulator
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Why would you want a Windoze emulator though? *shudder*
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its like a windows 'shell' emulator more than anything. you dont have to get your hands dirty with the windows desktop or gui - you just install windows apps into a container (called a 'bottle', from its origins as the linux Wine project )markfiend wrote:Why would you want a Windoze emulator though? *shudder*
i mainly use it because it means i can finally run ms visio 2003 on my laptop - there really is no decent mac version of a flowcharting/technical drawing program
also, i use a piece of software called 'enterprise architect' - http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/ - as part of my job and there aint a mac port of that either
crossover means i can run either of them from within macos
an dthey're no less stable than when running natively under windows
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Am in the middle of discussing this with a friend who works for the BBC, I doubt his reply will be any one that might be acceptable to post however
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Yup, I run Wine as well (it was a bugger getting it working on 64-bit Linux, but I managed) for a couple of Windows programs - mainly IE so I can test websites in IE without having to use Windows.Quiff Boy wrote:its like a windows 'shell' emulator more than anything. you dont have to get your hands dirty with the windows desktop or gui - you just install windows apps into a container (called a 'bottle', from its origins as the linux Wine project )markfiend wrote:Why would you want a Windoze emulator though? *shudder*
i mainly use it because it means i can finally run ms visio 2003 on my laptop - there really is no decent mac version of a flowcharting/technical drawing program
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todally lerve that phraze mahn "absolutely on our critical path"An online petition to stop the BBC releasing its iPlayer on Windows XP before other operating systems has been met with a counter petition demanding exactly the opposite.
The first petition, posted on the 10 Downing Street website, demanded that the BBC hold off releasing its much discussed iPlayer until the on-demand TV service was ready to run on all operating systems, as opposed to just XP.
The petition has garnered 16,058 votes, about the same number as want Jeremy Clarkson to be Prime Minister, and well over the 200 required to force the government into a response.
The second petition, currently ticking along with 39 votes, retorted that, "Although the BBC iPlayer will initially only be available to Windows users, it is ridiculous that the BBC should have to delay releasing it on one operating system just because of others who will have to wait a short time."
The BBC has already issued a statement confirming its intention to develop the iPlayer for Apple Macs and Vista, calling it "absolutely on our critical path."
A beta version of the player was released a month ago causing a stir among ISPs who demanded the BBC contribute towards the costs of the extra bandwith the service would require.
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just downloaded a trial *cough* version of that... have yet to try it thoughnowayjose wrote:Tried OmniGraffle? A Mac friend is raving about it all the time.Quiff Boy wrote: there really is no decent mac version of a flowcharting/technical drawing program
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James Blast wrote:todally lerve that phraze mahn "absolutely on our critical path"An online petition to stop the BBC releasing its iPlayer on Windows XP before other operating systems has been met with a counter petition demanding exactly the opposite.
The first petition, posted on the 10 Downing Street website, demanded that the BBC hold off releasing its much discussed iPlayer until the on-demand TV service was ready to run on all operating systems, as opposed to just XP.
The petition has garnered 16,058 votes, about the same number as want Jeremy Clarkson to be Prime Minister, and well over the 200 required to force the government into a response.
The second petition, currently ticking along with 39 votes, retorted that, "Although the BBC iPlayer will initially only be available to Windows users, it is ridiculous that the BBC should have to delay releasing it on one operating system just because of others who will have to wait a short time."
The BBC has already issued a statement confirming its intention to develop the iPlayer for Apple Macs and Vista, calling it "absolutely on our critical path."
A beta version of the player was released a month ago causing a stir among ISPs who demanded the BBC contribute towards the costs of the extra bandwith the service would require.
which bit though? vista or mac?
10-1 they do the vista version first
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Och Aye! and I can get a legit OmniThingey to you if needed, they came bundled with some stuff we bought and us "creatives" don't use/need pish like that
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I was going to say, you want to stay away from that and get yourself a copy of Freehand.
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I know. I'm still using MX though.
Have to say, I'm starting to get the hang of InDesign these days...
Have to say, I'm starting to get the hang of InDesign these days...
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can't get to grips with InDesign and Illustraitor (sic) still I do everything in FH and Quark XPress 7.3 with a bit of PS and lashings of Acrobat Distiller
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Don't like 'Illustraitor' either - one thing I like about InDesign is that you can import .psd files, and distill straight out of it. Even flightcase it.
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leave it to the Big Boys girlie!
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