Comments on: BBC Glow http://www.lessfussdesign.com/blog/2009/07/bbc-glow/ News & web design articles from Andy Bryant Thu, 26 May 2011 16:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Crankietech http://www.lessfussdesign.com/blog/2009/07/bbc-glow/comment-page-1/#comment-7794 Crankietech Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:20:34 +0000 http://www.lessfussdesign.com/blog/?p=71#comment-7794 "The BBC has a similar attitude when it comes to javascript libraries, it seems." Actually, I'd wager it's more likely that their development of Glow had to do with (a) addressing the issues you rightly point out, and (b) not being beholden to the whimsy of other developers. If they were to adopt jQuery and support/development went Left and the BBC needed to go Right, they'd be kind of screwed, wouldn't they? “The BBC has a similar attitude when it comes to javascript libraries, it seems.”

Actually, I’d wager it’s more likely that their development of Glow had to do with (a) addressing the issues you rightly point out, and (b) not being beholden to the whimsy of other developers. If they were to adopt jQuery and support/development went Left and the BBC needed to go Right, they’d be kind of screwed, wouldn’t they?

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