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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 Torn »

kilian wrote: post #9

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?

Click on your name in the bottom left, and you'll get a dark overlay box to the lower-right of the screen, and there'll be your 'featured' playlist. Note:

  "it may take a few hours for your playlists to fully migrate over"
my playlists are about 40% complete.

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

#12

Post by orz »

the new ui is a disaster imo - usability is right out (yes lists are useful)

this redesign should have been as a new view on an existing model that is switched via toggle by the user

not to mentioned they sabotaged groups and they are now an exercise in futility called 'channels'

edit: https://old.thesixtyone.com/ is still available for a limited time

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

#15

Post by kilian »

Torn wrote: post #11
kilian wrote: post #9

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?

Click on your name in the bottom left, and you'll get a dark overlay box to the lower-right of the screen, and there'll be your 'featured' playlist. Note: "it may take a few hours for your playlists to fully migrate over" my playlists are about 40% complete.

You're right, but I was also talking about the general playlists, top, latest etc. which seem to have disappeared in favor of the model they used to have for moods.

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

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Post by korch »

Kick ass! I really like the minimalist, modal single-page UI. Obviously a lot of thought has gone into it. This is one of the first sites I've seen that actually feels more like an application than a web page. I'd love to see this trend catch on more in web design fads.

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

#19

Post by amo »

to me, losing:

- lists that play even while I browse

- easy way to discover music, with criterias

- meet like-minded listeners via their radio, and keep building relationships

are all the good T61 stood for. I like to choose what I want to hear, select it by different means, etc.. - all you had achieved with the previous version.

Sorry, hope you have success with your new ideas. Wish you well, really.

Re: Thesixtyone (YC W09) launches version 2.0

#20

Post by moconnor »

Incredible site design, I've never seen "put the content first and get out of the way" taken to such extremes. Has anyone else got any great examples of this?

I can see why some dislike the UI, but personally I think it works very well; it's making me rethink my own web app design to see whether I couldn't learn something from this.

I bet the conversion rate from views to sign-ups is fantastic. Hear something you like? Want to favourite it? Sign up and it's done. Very slick, very smart.

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