BBC has relaunched its online Children’s offering – to some pretty negative comments from the kids, who are saying its too green (trying to hard to be gender-neutral), the logo is a wack (one commenter asked if it was responsible for the BBC to have a graffit tag-esque logo – i don’t see the graffiti ness myself, but it’s a valid and intelligent point) and its generally too busy – the users can’t find the content they like, and the fact you can click some of the wallpaper elements is too much.
Although I know people tend to hate change, I have to agree, and I think there is a danger of bombarding children with interactivity when it’s not totally necessary as it assumed their attention spans are so short they need to have things flashing and moving in all directions to keep them entertained. I was also very impressed by some of their comments – children aren’t stupid (but yeah they are precocious – The question asked was: Have you seen the brand new CBBC website? What do you think of the homepage? Do you like the new logo? What hidden items have you found? Have you tried clicking on the background images? [That's really covert, btw BBC])
“well ovbiously i have seen the new cbbc site, i would’ve had too, to even get to the message board. The homepage is cool, but there is way less buttons and too much flashy stuff and its harder to find things then on the old website. As to your question ‘Do you like the new logo?’ yes i do, its very nice, probably one of the best things out of everything. Also the background pictures are alright, but quickly get boring and unintresting and what are the coins for. CBBC needs to have a rethink about the site, keep everything the same but make it easier to find things. I hope my message gave you something to think about and hopefully it caused a bit of contreversy. (By the way i’m 12)”
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