When designing live update streams, it’s easy to assume that people are following along all the time. But many people drop in and out, following along for short bursts at a time. Here’s a nice example of adding in context to the live stream from the BBC. It doesn’t assume that the viewer already knows the leaderboard and can figure out the latest score from the text. And it also works well for someone viewing the stream for the first time.
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