BBC - inspiration?

[Carol Haynes]

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).

[KynloStephen66515]

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? 

[40hz]

Did you check the latest Wordpress themes page to see if it's there? 

[tomos]

Windows 8, etc. etc. ...
or was it just a rhetorical question

[40hz]

Windows 8, etc. etc. ...
or was it just a rhetorical question

Bingo! Must be the "Metro Edition" of the news.

[Carol Haynes]

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

[justice]

It's amazing how they redeveloped a new look for the BBC in just a week since Win8.

[daddydave]

Does anyone else think of this word when they hear about Windows 8 "metro apps"?

[katykaty]

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 

[tomos]

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.

[KynloStephen66515]

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 ;-)

[tomos]

• 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.