How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
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Re: How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
#2First off, great Quora answer. I wonder: if the 'notifications' squad comes up with an idea like 'users should be able to disable notifications', do they have to collaborate with the 'settings' squad?
Re: How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
#3I'm not going to applaud Spotify for the direction their desktop-client has taken UX-wise, but I did find this an interesting read about how they organize both their code and teams.
I always assumed parts of the Spotify-client had to be HTML/JS based, but I had no idea it was done to such an extensive degree.
Re: How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
#4The Spotify desktop client has seen a massive regression since 2008 or 2009. It's incredible how they managed to make it so unresponsive. Scrolling in a playlist is like playing a game at 10 fps. It's uncomfortable and not worth it. Ads are worse as well. I've seen countless malware ads in the bottom banner.
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#5I have a feeling that's not the case for the Linux version. It looks completely different than other platforms and is also build against Qt libraries.
Re: How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
#6The Spotify desktop client has seen a massive regression since 2008 or 2009. It's incredible how they managed to make it so unresponsive. Scrolling in a playlist is like playing a game at 10 fps. It's uncomfortable and not worth it. Ads are worse as well. I've seen countless malware ads in the bottom banner.
... but (smart?) developer time is so expensive! and computers are so fast!
Re: How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
#7First off, great Quora answer. I wonder: if the 'notifications' squad comes up with an idea like 'users should be able to disable notifications', do they have to collaborate with the 'settings' squad?
There are two [1] [2] super interesting videos about how Spotify works. Well worth the watch!
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#8I got a HDPI display for my windows machine a few days ago. What I am wondering now is why Spotify doesn't support this? If it runs on chromium, which does support hdpi displays, why doesn't spotify? I have I have to choose for a really small spotify client or a real blurry one. Reading this, it would not seem to hard to make it work. It works fine on OSX.
Re: How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
#9The Spotify desktop client has seen a massive regression since 2008 or 2009. It's incredible how they managed to make it so unresponsive. Scrolling in a playlist is like playing a game at 10 fps. It's uncomfortable and not worth it. Ads are worse as well. I've seen countless malware ads in the bottom banner.
You also can't ctrl-f within a page, which makes finding things really annoying.
Re: How is Javascript used within the Spotify desktop application?
#10The Spotify desktop client has seen a massive regression since 2008 or 2009. It's incredible how they managed to make it so unresponsive. Scrolling in a playlist is like playing a game at 10 fps. It's uncomfortable and not worth it. Ads are worse as well. I've seen countless malware ads in the bottom banner.
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