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This is an amazing rewrite from the Flash version - well worth the time they put into this one. They have some really dedicated staff members and some great tal
by invisible 16y ago
This is an amazing rewrite from the Flash version - well worth the time they put into this one. They have some really dedicated staff members and some great talent on the team.
- tycoffee 16y agoi think this was a great move. much faster than the previous flash-based site. grooveshark just keeps getting better and better, every month.
- shock-value 16y agoIt's nice and probably uses way less system resources, but it definitely isn't as "polished" as the Flash version was. Not sure if that's a limitation of the HTML5/JS/CSS combo or if they just need to work on it more. It's mostly just little things, like missing visual fade transitions or a UI that doesn't look like it's been repeatedly bleached. But they add up to a noticeable difference, I think--the HTML5 app just isn't as vibrant. That being said, I always thought their Flash app was amazingly slick and polished, so it's a tough act to follow I suppose. EDIT: Plus if they are going to go this far with HTML5 it'd be awesome if they could cut the Flash cord entirely. Not sure if that's technically possible though.
- wwortiz 16y agoThe responsiveness is a much nicer feature than visual transitions and the such, and for a start of a new but similar design I quite like it.
- SkyMarshal 16y agoI know the Grooveshark fans who are Linux users will appreciate the increased stability as well. On Ubuntu 10.04 x64 Flash is pretty stable for me, except when I've got 40 Firefox tabs open (yes I'm seeing a therapist about that) and then try to run some Flash app that's more complex than a mere Youtube video. No more popping htop to manually kill nspluginwrapper that's in some kind of infinite loop ftw.
- adamfeldman 16y agoCompletely off topic, but I typically open ~100 tabs – there's nothing wrong with that. It's just how I work most efficiently.
- justinbmeyer 16y agoYep. It uses JavaScriptMVC. Looks like it's model, view, and controller.
- jherdman 16y agoI'm not really sure this is HTML5. Looking at the source code, you don't see many of the hallmarks of HTML5. There HTML tag itself is distinctly XHTML 1.0 Strict, and the lack of any true HTML5 tags (e.g. SECTION, NAV) imply to me a hybrid -- a platypus, if you will. They do, interestingly, use HTML5 data tags.
- zalew 16y agoFunny thing - everything works amazingly, until I turn Flashblock on http://i.imgur.com/HFe8h.png http://i.imgur.com/HFe8h.png then all my stuff disappears (favs, playlists) and this js error hangs my firefox to death. Besides that, it's awesome, even better than before.
- sudonim 16y agoDitto... Unable to login with flash block enabled.
- david_p 16y agoExelent UX, but the flashblock problem is anoying.. I think they sould put some empty flash animation somewhere on the main page so that you could hit "play" on flashblock.
- zalew 16y agoYou can 'allow flash for this site' anyways, I turned off now to see what happens and oooops :)
- alexqgb 16y agoChrome sandboxes Flash. If Flash is on your machine but disabled for Firefox, you can preserve the configurations that allowed this, and use Chrome as a dedicated Grooveshark / misc. Flash player. Depending on your arrangement, quitting Chrome can mean quitting Flash, so it can be a pretty elegant solution. Hat-tip to Gruber for the idea http://daringfireball.net/2010/11/flash_free_and_cheating_with_google_chrome http://daringfireball.net/2010/11/flash_free_and_cheating_wi....
- giantsquid 16y agoI prefer the Flash version, to be honest. The typography is a bit lacking at the moment.
- j2d2j2d2 16y agoWhen I try on my iPad, it says I need flash...