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Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Post by yannis »

Just simply not good and with a lot of bugs! I loved the previous version, which I considered as one of the better UIs around. In addition if you try and visit the old site link as listed on the blog you get a security warning in Chrome.

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Post by jessep »

I think this is fantastic. The layout immediately reminded me of looking at the elaborate covers and inserts in my dad's vinyl collection while listening. Essentially, feels like a more intimate way to engage music.

Definitely still some UI bugs, but I really like the direction.

The biggest UI bugs I noticed:

1) When the next song came on by auto play, the background/info didn't update. I went into "info" then exited and it updated.

2) Once I clicked for more info on a song, I couldn't immediately figure out how to get back to the bare, initial layout.

3) Next/Prev buttons disappeared when the info about the artist was up, which I couldn't close. Annoying not to be able to go to the next song when I didn't like the current one.

Anyway, congrats, I really like this.

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Post by revorad »

The new UI is very confusing, but the music is so good I don't care.

One way of reducing the confusion might be introduce UI elements gradually over time as a user keeps coming back. If at first it was just the big artist wallpaper with a small player controls widget (like the one on top of the old page), that would be so much more enjoyable. The next time the user logged back in, there could be a new UI element. This would probably also pique the user's interest and she might actually click on it. And so on...

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Post by zackattack »

astonishingly beautiful, and nice that you greeted me with an acoustic of a new metric fave. unfortunately the acoustic version sucks and i'm similarly not a fan of any of the next 10 songs i explored. if it actually played music i liked, this would be my preferred way to listen - and experience - music online.

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Post by kilian »

very slick new design, but I'm missing a lot of things that made thesixtyone so awesome. Where are the playlists? now every next song is a gamble. Two songs further might be an acousting version or a cover of a song i'd love to hear. And why are the artist and song title only visible in the title?

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Post by bradgessler »

jessep wrote: post #5

I think this is fantastic. The layout immediately reminded me of looking at the elaborate covers and inserts in my dad's vinyl collection while listening. Essentially, feels like a more intimate way to engage music. Definitely still some UI bugs, but I really like the direction. The biggest UI bugs I noticed: 1) When the next song came on by auto play, the background/info didn't update. I went into "info" then exited…

I'd like to add to that:

3) When I hover over a button/icon for a second or two, a tooltip would help tremendously to figure out what the button does.

This is a really great, unique design. Well done.

Update: I have run into some usability issues that I can't really describe because I have no idea how I got into whatever the feature is suppose to be. I don't think this UI is very forgiving for newcomers like myself. You're onto something with this "vinyl" look, and I know the improvements you're thinking about will probably fix most of these issues.

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