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Poolside.fm
- MrBuddyCasino 7y agoAccompanying artwork: https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/poolside-fm-gets-a-refresh-with-a-90s-operating-system-in-your-browser-with-super-summer-music-and-vhs-visuals/ https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/poolside-fm-gets-a-...
- aazaa 7y agoFun little vacation.
- guessmyname 7y agoI have been using the macOS menu bar application for a while [1]. There used to be a page [2] linking to it, but it seems they deleted it. Surprisingly, the app is fully native [3] and that’s why I keep it around. Here is a screenshot [4] in case anyone is curious to see how it looks. [1] https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/poolside-fm/HeyThereHotStuff.zip https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/poolside-fm/HeyThereHotSt... [2] https://poolside.fm/mac/ https://poolside.fm/mac/ [3] https://pastebin.com/raw/9j45WN00 https://pastebin.com/raw/9j45WN00 [4] https://i.imgur.com/k0Ahk6h.png https://i.imgur.com/k0Ahk6h.png
- adam_albrecht 7y agoDownloaded it, but it asked for permission to use MacOS' accessibility features, which I thought was weird. But they mention iOS and mac apps on the site coming soon and have an email signup form.
- dhosek 7y agoA lot of non-accessibility apps use the accessibility features to do things like window resizing and clipboard management. Looking at my relatively pristine MacBook Pro's settings, I've got Flycut and Rectangle (expected) and less expectedly Dropbox and Aquamacs with accessibility access. I think (but could be wrong) that it's a relatively low-risk permission to grant.
- jitl 7y agoIt’s a risky permission. It allows the app to read keystrokes and manipulate other apps as though they were receiving input from the user.
- londons_explore 7y agoAgreed. Accessibility permission gives pretty much root access, since you can click anything and give yourself any other permissions.
- adam_albrecht 7y agoI totally understand why certain apps need it, but not a simple music player.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoEven "simple apps" can improve their UX with it like a translator app that you can summon with a global keybinding. There just seems to be lack a convention around telling the user why the app might need those privs. Users don't even know what accessibility privs do.
- itake 7y agothe mac link doesn't work (anymore?)
- toyg 7y agoI had some issues with that a few years ago and wrote my own version in PyQt (it’s basically just a shuffled stream of their SoundCloud playlist). Never managed to polish it enough to publish though... maybe I should rewrite it in Go and release it.
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- partiallypro 7y agoI've known about Poolside for a while, looks like they've changed their format a bit (it used to just be a full sized 80s videos with background music.) When I used it often, I discovered some artists which was nice.
- toyg 7y agoYup, same. The new website is pretty cool, as it is the fact that they’ve diversified over a few different playlists. I’m slightly sad that they removed some of the videos they used in the past.
- songzme 7y agoThe onboarding experience is so good. I was dropped into a nostalgic interface that I recognized and I immediately knew what was going on and started exploring. Everything made sense and I happily signed up. Good Job!
- craze3 7y agoI had the opposite experience. There was no context or description provided by the author, and the website is confusing and has stuff flying all over it. Furthermore, their Soundcloud API access is already revoked, so there is no music playing, thus making it even more confusing. I'm all for novelty websites, but this is a mess.
- aosaigh 7y agoThe website is confusing? It's a desktop layout, how could it be any more familiar? Also there's a message explaining the API access issue.
- Reebz 7y agoWithout passing comment on the contributors in this comment string, I think we will find more often either a jarring or nostalgic reaction to design elements depending on if your formative technology experiences were on Apple II’s, DOS, and Win3.1 or iPhones, iPads, and Alexa.
- latchkey 7y agoCute: https://github.com/Poolside-FM https://github.com/Poolside-FM Menubar: https://github.com/JoaoTMDias/poolside-fm-player https://github.com/JoaoTMDias/poolside-fm-player
- krackers 7y agoHere's the soundcloud playlists that the website pulls from. https://soundcloud.com/poolsidefm/sets https://soundcloud.com/poolsidefm/sets
- SomaticPirate 7y agoIt looks like the first repo list is intentionally left empty?
- DrScump 7y agoMore Gitlost than Github.
- VectorLock 7y agoThis reminds of the rose colored Internet of the past.
- xrd 7y agoMakes me have hope for the internet again. Thank you.
- chrisco255 7y ago"I’ve been into ‘80s/‘90s design for years, I can’t shake it, it’s just so full of fun and positivity." 80s music strikes me as this way. Even the breakup songs have this upbeat vive.
- lucasverra 7y agoMaybe it’s a scientific research question. Maybe as everything pop / media was limited/produced/organized we as consumers could only be hit with heavy filtered (see nice and consumable from bigcorps) content ?
- chrisco255 7y agoMaybe it was the fact that media didn't play as dominant a role in people's lives? You'd read the daily paper and then move on with your day. As for the popular music, I dunno. I mean 80s music is distinctly optimistic in contrast with 90s grunge. Maybe it was an echo of the disco era of the 70s that bled into the music style? I remember the 90s very well and it definitely was an optimistic period even though the music was mixed, with hip hop taking off amongst the gang violence of the early 90s. And grunge and emo with their much more emotional versions of rock. Still, seemed like the world was generally at peace and everything was getting better and people believed they were getting better. In many ways the world is still getting better, but there seems to be a lot of tension today and I don't know what all the root causes of that are.
- gambiting 7y agoThere is a "science" behind it, very good watch even if you know nothing about music theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwgLAZ3AtaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwgLAZ3AtaI
- chrisco255 7y agoThat's an awesome and informative video, and yes, I know nothing about music theory.
- chrisfrantz 7y agoI want more of this kind of internet.
- kube-system 7y agoUnfortunately, I can't find Windows RG in HTML5, but there's this: https://www.windows93.net/ https://www.windows93.net/
- Pigo 7y agoThanks. The only thing that doesn't click with me and a lot of these kinds of sites, is that I was never an Apple user. There were some at school, but I started with early Windows. Not making a value judgement, just saying I have very little nostalgia for Apple because I didn't use it.
- kickscondor 7y agoBunch of great ones here: https://github.com/syxanash/awesome-gui-websites https://github.com/syxanash/awesome-gui-websites
- steakknife 7y agoHere you go: https://www.windows93.net/ https://www.windows93.net/
- croon 7y agoI have not played it, but I've heard... things about Hypnospace Outlaw, which is a simulation game inside an alternate history/satired 1999 (a bit later than OP experience though).
- avip 7y agoI have no idea what's that and why it exists but I like it! The UI is brilliant, and everything just works. Not that it's doing anything as such.
- dmix 7y ago> I have no idea what's that and why it exists but I like it! Sometimes it's better not to explain things. But my guess it's a fun OS version of those lofi Youtube channels with the slowly changing background images and never ending playlist which get tons of pageviews daily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHW1oY26kxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHW1oY26kxQ
- toyg 7y agoYeah, it used to be exactly that - a never-ending rotation of 80s “summer” clips over a soundtrack of retrowave / synth dance. At some point last year it changed into this.
- badrabbit 7y ago"UI is like a joke. If you have to explain it,it's bad."
- eru 7y agoIf you can get away without explaining it explicitly, that's great. But if you make a user interface for eg pilots to fly a plane, there are other things to optimize for than not-having-to-explain-anything. Similar considerations apply in less extreme scenarios, too.
- badrabbit 7y agoYou shouldn't use a button where every other plane uses a lever, or a new term for a label to describe added functions when you can easily use a modifier of an existing similar label. It means things like that. Pilots know the UI of planes so newer planes should need minimal explanation of the UI to pilots is that the philosophy means, it does not mean new planes should have pretty ui anyone off the street can understand
- whalesalad 7y agoMy first computer was a Macintosh Quadra 610 running Mac OS System 7. It looked exactly like this!
- stringyham 7y agoOh, the memories! LC 475 and Performa 5200 here
- gunshai 7y agoI feel ignorant but the radio never loads for some reason. Edit : ahh > the mojito cooled server has hit it's limit.
- MrBuddyCasino 7y agoThat’s too bad, its awesome 80s/Vapourwavy stuff. I wonder whether SoundCloud limits are daily or monthly.
- toyg 7y agoIf i remember correctly, daily.
- classified 7y agoI'm willing to donate a mojito to splash on it, so it cools down faster.
- robbiet480 7y agoLooks like we killed their SoundCloud API access with too many requests.
- annoyingnoob 7y agoCute. No way I'm going to enter my email to ride a jackass, homie. The 'Format C:\' option made my day.
- leshokunin 7y agoI love how this isn't at all what you'd do if you were to optimize for usability, but it's absolutely a great experience. It's like they maxed out the style stats and disregarded all other conventions. I love it.
- tartoran 7y agoIt's cool and in 1997 I was around 16, so this does bring back some good memories. Very well done. Is this just for the the visual reminiscence of the mid 90s or does it have a direction that I am not aware of? Good job!
- toyg 7y agoThis is actually v.2 (or even 3) of the site. The previous one was just a “tv channel” showing ‘80s tv material while playing music “you would hear by the poolside”. The idea was to play music that feels all summer-y and lounging, with a touch of retro nostalgia for what were arguably the peak years of Miami-style iconography. I think the guys behind it are Scottish.
- dcposch 7y agoNiice Hat tip to the classic, the original: windows93.net
- cateye 7y agoMy expectation was that this was Uber for pools: a VC backed 2 sided on demand pool marketplace where I could instantly book and swim. Now I'm totally confused :) <s>
- URSpider94 7y agoNo, that would be https://www.swimply.com https://www.swimply.com And as someone who owns a pool, it will freeze over here in CA before I let some stranger book it for a party on the Internet. This is the pets.com of the sharing economy.
- throwaway180118 7y agoWhoa, I was just thinking about this site today. Amazing aesthetic.
- ta999999171 7y agoA E S T H E T I C
- sub7 7y agoI don't know wtf this is but it's amazing. Windows 3.1 throwback
- classified 7y agoIt's the look of a classic Mac OS desktop, not Windoze.
- seapunk 7y agoI would like to find a list of similar places on the internet. Also I use Poolside FM for a while now and I liked their IG account too: https://www.instagram.com/poolsidefm/ https://www.instagram.com/poolsidefm/
- Disruptive_Dave 7y agoCrazy, been on poolside for at least 6 years now. Tell everyone I can about it. It's just fun. Simple.
- atum47 7y agoWell, you beat me to to it. I've been creating radio visualizers and fake OS libraries to make this kind of projects. Yours is well done and I love it. Congratulations.
- creaghpatr 7y agoPoolside FM is great music to play in the office; it's upbeat but never obnoxious or explicit; no one ever complains. I don't stream the graphics though I think that would be a little cheesy for work.
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- kpennell 7y agoSad. Soundcloud API maxes out at 15000 calls per day and these guys hit it. I'm not sure how Hype Machine gets around it.
- ungzd 7y agoSee also: https://plaza.one/ https://plaza.one/
- YoannMoinet 7y agoSee also: http://www.chiptune.com/ http://www.chiptune.com/