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« on: September 21, 2011, 05:16:33 AM » |
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I wonder where the inspiration came from for the new BBC website:  http://beta.bbc.co.uk/(Sorry if this link doesn't work outside the UK). |
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Stephen66515
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2011, 05:24:40 AM » |
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Look an awful lot like the new 4od website ( www.4od.com) <--- Might not work outside the UK Maybe they got the same company to do it?  |
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2011, 05:29:37 AM » |
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Did you check the latest Wordpress themes page to see if it's there?  |
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tomos
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2011, 05:48:56 AM » |
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Windows 8, etc. etc. ... or was it just a rhetorical question  |
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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2011, 05:51:47 AM » |
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Windows 8, etc. etc. ... or was it just a rhetorical question Bingo! Must be the "Metro Edition" of the news. |
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Carol Haynes
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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2011, 06:16:19 AM » |
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Windows 8, etc. etc. ... or was it just a rhetorical question Got it ... Do you get the impression lots of things are going to be sliding sideways from now on. Presumably BBC iPlayer will soon be BBC metroPlayer |
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justice
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« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2011, 06:38:30 AM » |
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It's amazing how they redeveloped a new look for the BBC in just a week since Win8.
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« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2011, 12:04:02 PM » |
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Does anyone else think of this word when they hear about Windows 8 "metro apps"? |
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katykaty
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« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2011, 12:49:37 PM » |
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It's amazing how they redeveloped a new look for the BBC in just a week since Win8.
Yes, anyone would think that design had been knocking around for at least a year before Win 8 got previewed  |
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tomos
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« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2011, 03:27:35 PM » |
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Does anyone else think of this word when they hear about Windows 8 "metro apps"? well, metrosexual is the only other time I've seen the word metro used in English - so a definitive yes there. |
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Stephen66515
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« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2011, 04:37:52 PM » |
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Does anyone else think of this word when they hear about Windows 8 "metro apps"? well, metrosexual is the only other time I've seen the word metro used in English - so a definitive yes there. - Metro (Was the name of a car)
- Metro (Is the name of a free newspaper in Manchester)
- Metro (Public Transport)
- Metro (An Abbreviation of Metropolitan)
- Metro (A Radio Station in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the leading film studio during the first half of the 20th century
- Metro, former code name of the XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework
- Metro (design language), crafted by Microsoft for Windows Media Center, Zune, and Windows Phone 7
- GlassFish Metro, an opensource web service stack that is part of the GlassFish project
To name but a few other examples of its use ;-) |
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tomos
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« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2011, 02:26:01 AM » |
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- Metro (Was the name of a car)
- Metro (Is the name of a free newspaper in Manchester)
- Metro (Public Transport)
- Metro (An Abbreviation of Metropolitan)
- Metro (A Radio Station in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the leading film studio during the first half of the 20th century
- Metro, former code name of the XML Paper Specification, Microsoft's document framework
- Metro (design language), crafted by Microsoft for Windows Media Center, Zune, and Windows Phone 7
- GlassFish Metro, an opensource web service stack that is part of the GlassFish project
~ car, yes, I have heard of that (dont take much notice of cars though) ~ Manchester/Metro - never heard of it ~ Public transport in France? ~ Newcastle upon Tyne/Metro - never heard of it ~ MGM, yeah, I forgot that ~ the rest - never heard them so,  okay, metrosexual and metro (French public transport) were the first words that came to my mind when I saw/read the Metro name. But really, it was a word of the 90's - dont think it's getting much use these days (? but I wouldnt know really). So it dont really matter either way - did have a little laugh about it though. |
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