Show HN: Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web App
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Re: Show HN: Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web App
#2the app needs a volume control. It's playing at the same loudness as the system's volume, which is not right for a background music app. It prevents you from listening to it while also listen to someone on a video call!
Re: Show HN: Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web App
#3the app needs a volume control. It's playing at the same loudness as the system's volume, which is not right for a background music app. It prevents you from listening to it while also listen to someone on a video call!
I'm also starting to really hate this direction in software design where all buttons are either flat with the UI or hidden through some cryptic menu or swipe gesture or even worse, they're unavailable to the user, all for the sake of simplicity.
If you were to teleport 2003 me into the present, I would have no idea how to use most front ends of today's websites or smartphones.
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#4I want to love this. I leave these stations on in the background anyway and being able to change them like a radio station is a desirable feature.
It's missing 2 key features that will prevent me from using it and recommending it to everyone I know:
1) No volume control. You could argue this is more a failure of my browser, but it's easier if you just add a volume control. Bonus points if up/down arrows controls work to control it. Really, all the youtube keyboard controls would be helpful here.
2) YouTube sometimes detects my bitrate incorrectly and I need to manually set it to highest. I don't know why this happens, but it does. Let me change that somehow on your site. Even if I have to opt-in to seeing a full youtube player to set it, that's ok.
I would also like a convenient way to get this on my TV. I wonder which android TV devices can install PWAs now.
Re: Show HN: Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web App
#5I want to love this. I leave these stations on in the background anyway and being able to change them like a radio station is a desirable feature. It's missing 2 key features that will prevent me from using it and recommending it to everyone I know: 1) No volume control. You could argue this is more a failure of my browser, but it's easier if you just add a volume control. Bonus points if up/down arrows controls work…
Agree to #1 for sure (I use the Force HD chrome plugin for #2). Please add a volume control button!
Re: Show HN: Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web App
#6the app needs a volume control. It's playing at the same loudness as the system's volume, which is not right for a background music app. It prevents you from listening to it while also listen to someone on a video call!
I'm also starting to really hate this direction in software design where all buttons are either flat with the UI or hidden through some cryptic menu or swipe gesture or even worse, they're unavailable to the user, all for the sake of simplicity . If you were to teleport 2003 me into the present, I would have no idea how to use most front ends of today's websites or smartphones.
This is not a UI direction, its just a missing feature. Most websites with audio have a volume slider.
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#7I want to love this. I leave these stations on in the background anyway and being able to change them like a radio station is a desirable feature. It's missing 2 key features that will prevent me from using it and recommending it to everyone I know: 1) No volume control. You could argue this is more a failure of my browser, but it's easier if you just add a volume control. Bonus points if up/down arrows controls work…
Agree to #1 for sure (I use the Force HD chrome plugin for #2). Please add a volume control button!
It never occurred to me to fix that with an extension, good tip.
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#8I want to love this. I leave these stations on in the background anyway and being able to change them like a radio station is a desirable feature. It's missing 2 key features that will prevent me from using it and recommending it to everyone I know: 1) No volume control. You could argue this is more a failure of my browser, but it's easier if you just add a volume control. Bonus points if up/down arrows controls work…
have to appreciate the irony in worrying about the bitrate of simulated lo-fi crackling
Re: Show HN: Lofimusic.app, an open source Background Music Progressive Web App
#9Great work. Suggestions from a small device user (iPhone SE):
- A reminder to open in Safari and how to add to home screen. I opened in Firefox and the music pauses as soon as I switch tabs.
- Test the design on a small device please. The shuffle button gets on top of the other buttons.
- No obvious way of getting out from the hamburger menu. Figured out I can click on the title, but it wasn’t obvious.
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#10What does it mean that members of society have evolved to constantly need audible stimulation? I feel like there has to be some sort of mental effect from listening to music constantly.