Channel4.com

I notice theres a lovely new look Channel4.com today.

Nice design, very simple and very unique in C4 style.

not if you turn off flash it isn;t nice.

hopefully however this might trigger a revamp of the rest of the website which has been a bit rubbish over the last few years.

I think the new homepage is much better than the old one.

sorry to bring this back, but i thought there were a few things that might need picking up on.

new 4od catch-up is much improved over the old offering, and works seamlessly with the new programmes pages. i actually think I prefer these to the bbc /programmes sites, as they have a lot more information and just feel a lot nicer. the urls are also much better.

there's also a channel4.com blog at platform4, which is a nice read.

overall though, I'm really impressed and it's grown on me massively. the homepage is really unique and suits channel 4 perfectly.

Finally, they are using Flash for catch up instead of bulky WMP

The new 4oD streaming service is much better.

No more WMP.

Another good thing is there doesn't appear to be any adverts before the programmes start - at least on Deal Or No Deal anyway - http://www.channel4.com/programmes/deal-or-no-deal/catch-up

The Channel 4 site is really starting to turn around now - I thought it used to be pretty terrible.

More 4's minisite should be due for a revamp soon, I would have thought.

http://4music.channel4.com/ seems dead at the moment.

For some reason the Flash video is totally unwatchable for me (though the adverts before it are fine ), the picture is really juttery and not in a buffering sort of way. Looks like I'll have to start using the 4oD software to watch things online.

Yeah some people have been reporting an issue with juddery video on the blog.

4oD application is to close in July, but the archives will be implemented into channel4.com

http://blogs.channel4.com/platform4/2009/06/08/4od-archive-coming-soon-on-channel4com/

I have to say, I'm finding myself using the Channel 4 website so much more often since the redesign - the homepage inparticular is so unique to C4.

I wish they'd centre the content in the middle of the page. Having a widescreen monitor means having to constantly look sideways to watch a programme on 4oD at the moment.

Whilst getting rid of the horrid 4od app is welcome I hope they improve the navigation within the new 4od site as currently its rather poor and hard to find things.

The 4OD app was too clunky to navigate for my liking, but I hope they're not going to get rid of the option to download shows in Windows Media format, as I like to stream them to my XBox360. Channel 4 should offer WMV downloads (via the browser) as an alternative to streaming, much like the BBC iPlayer website does for those of us that prefer WMV over the MP4 downloads via the Adobe AIR based iPlayer Desktop.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't really like watching TV shows on my screen. I find it's much more comfortable and enjoyable to watch TV shows ... on my TV, including shows from catch up sites.