26-06-2023, 06:56 PM
Ugh.
The bar immediately above the white headline flipper on the NC has never been great, as it mostly has sod all in it other than a "BBC News" on the left (apart from during the odd few branded strands that have a programme name slug on the right).
But now that it is opaque red, rather than translucent dark grey, it is so much more noticable how mostly-empty it is because the general programme image can no longer be seen through it (and also red draws the eye more than dark grey does).
Programme slugs in strong colours other than red (e.g. Sportsday's yellow slug) look particularly garish when paired with the opaque red bar.
Plus the fact that what *was* the headline flipper at the very bottom of the screen has seldom shown anything other than a static website URL on the left in recent weeks/months, so it also has a big fat chunk of empty space in the middle between the URL and the clock.
It now looks like little more than an ultra-wide version of the Monaco flag along the bottom edge of the screen. 🇲🇨
The bar immediately above the white headline flipper on the NC has never been great, as it mostly has sod all in it other than a "BBC News" on the left (apart from during the odd few branded strands that have a programme name slug on the right).
But now that it is opaque red, rather than translucent dark grey, it is so much more noticable how mostly-empty it is because the general programme image can no longer be seen through it (and also red draws the eye more than dark grey does).
Programme slugs in strong colours other than red (e.g. Sportsday's yellow slug) look particularly garish when paired with the opaque red bar.
Plus the fact that what *was* the headline flipper at the very bottom of the screen has seldom shown anything other than a static website URL on the left in recent weeks/months, so it also has a big fat chunk of empty space in the middle between the URL and the clock.
It now looks like little more than an ultra-wide version of the Monaco flag along the bottom edge of the screen. 🇲🇨