[Bug 575602] Re: Connecting with BBC Radio 4 unavailable

[Scunnered]

Draycen

As I compose this reply as usual I am listening to BBC Radio 4 and today
everything worked perfectly by clicking on the link on the BBC Home
page. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_four is working as
expected. Your suggestion of pre-checking the URL is not available to
me.  When I use the BBC Home page (bbc.co.uk) I have to click on the
listen live radio connection before the URL displays. It then either
works or displays the error.

I do not know enough about FF but on the basis that I can access all the
other programme links via the BBC Home page 100% of the time the problem
is with the browser.  As I have stated before I can immediately open
Opera and listen to Radio 4 perfectly.

The fact that the FF response shows that the programme is not available
while Opera is delivering the content using exactly the same method I
feel points to FF.  Again the intermittent access in FF leads me to
consider that there is something amiss with the browser.

I will rattle the BBC cage to see what reaction I get from there but
would not be surprised if they blame FF.

Again thanks for your kind assistance

Ian
  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Draycen DeCator <ddecator at gmail.com>
> To: scunnered at operamail.com
> Subject: [Bug 575602] Re: Connecting with BBC Radio 4 unavailable
> Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 05:48:31 -0000
> 
> 
> If the issue is with the webpage bringing you to the wrong URL, then it
> may be an issue with the site. If you hover the mouse over the link for
> the radio, Firefox should show the URL in the status bar. Can you check
> that before clicking the link to see if it shows that it will bring you
> to bbc_radio_four or bbc_radio_fourfm? If it says that the link points
> to bbc_radio_fourfm, but it doesn't bring you there, then the issue may
> be with Firefox. However, if the link shows bbc_radio_four then the
> issue is more likely due to the site.
> 
> --
> Connecting with BBC Radio 4 unavailable
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575602
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> 
> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox
> 
> When I click o0n listen now on the BBC home page there are times 
> when FF reports the BBC Radio 4 page as unavailable.  If I 
> immediately switch to Opera access is available.
> 
> The connection is effected via 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_four and the report 
> on the site is BBC Radio 4 FM is unavailable at this time.
> 
> At times I have switched over to Radio Scotland without any problem 
> when I wished to check traffic news and there is no problem there.  
> Again attempting to connect later in the morning usually connects 
> to Radio 4.
> 
> This is a complete pain.  What does it take to have a proper service from FF
> 
> I am currently using Lucid
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed May  5 07:37:00 2010
> FirefoxPackages:
>   firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
>   firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
>   firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
>   abroswer N/A
>   abrowser-branding N/A
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
> ProcEnviron:
>   LANG=en_GB.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox
> 
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/575602/+subscribe

>


-- 
_______________________________________________
Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way:
Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com

-- 
Connecting with BBC Radio 4 unavailable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575602
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mozilla
Bugs, which is subscribed to firefox in ubuntu.