BBC iPlayer browser search plug-in updated

Martin Belam
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Published 16 July, 2008
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I got an unexpected email from the Mozilla Mycroft project a couple of weeks back, to say that my iPlayer Search plug-in had been updated. To be honest, I had forgotten that I had even submitted it.

Mycroft project iPlayer plug-in listing

Andrew Steele has refined the code, putting it into the proper Open Search namespace and adding some extra elements to govern updates to the plug-in.

My only gripe is that he has also changed the logo from the shocking electric pink iPlayer 'Play' triangle...

Previous iPlayer plug-in

...to the rather dull BBC blocks favicon.

Firefox search drop-down menu

It just, IMHO, doesn't look as distinctive in the search drop-down box, and it means that nearly all of the various BBC flavoured searches available from Mycroft have the same icon.

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About Martin Belam

I'm an Internet consultant and writer, with 8 years experience in product management, information architecture, and user experience design for global brands like Sony, Vodafone, The Guardian and the BBC. I specialise in advising on search, widgets, RSS, online news publishing and bulk email delivery.
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