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Didn't Audiogalaxy used to be a P2P service in the early 00s?

by jonursenbach 16y ago

slackerIII 16y ago
It did. We are some of the same folks, but a totally different service now.
- rbarooah 16y ago
  It was magnificent back then. I know it's not the same thing, but seeing the logo and installing the new 'helper' gave me a good feeling.
- bvi 16y ago
  Wow. Nostalgia. I'll have to try this out again, after a decade.
- blasdel 16y ago
  Wow! I'd been thinking about researching iTunes -> iPhone streaming apps, but now I don't even have to — I know wholeheartedly that anything y'all put out is going to be awesome. It's weird to realize that 'brands' really do have worth. Audiogalaxy 1.0 was the first to really execute on an amazing new UX since the days of IRC Fserves and Napster, and after your legal problems it wasn't till OiNK (and now what.cd) showed up years later that anything nearly as good was available.
- revorad 16y ago
  Thank you, thank you, thank you for making Audiogalaxy which introduced me to my favourite music of all times, back in the day.
- jazzychad 16y ago
  The second purchase I ever made online was an Audiogalaxy t-shirt. Thanks for the memories :)
- iamgoat 16y ago
  I may still have my AudioGalaxy t-shirt from back in the day. Edit: High-five to jazzychad, didn't see your response.
baddox 16y ago
The one where you searched from your browser and then opened some small hash file into the client which did the sharing, right? Not unlike the later BitTorrent.
- slackerIII 16y ago
  Yeah, everything was browser based, except for the small app that ran on the desktop. We handled all the queues and the download scheduling on the server though -- no need for the client to open anything.
  - yellowbkpk 16y ago
    That was brilliant. I left the client up at home and could queue stuff up while at school. When I got home I had a bunch of new music to listen to. Great idea!
    - slackerIII 16y ago
      Thanks! That was my first lesson in how inspiring constraints can be -- we didn't have the resources to make a good client UI, so we put it on the website instead.

Didn't Audiogalaxy used to be a P2P service in the early 00s?

slackerIII 16y ago

It did. We are some of the same folks, but a totally different service now.

rbarooah 16y ago
It was magnificent back then. I know it's not the same thing, but seeing the logo and installing the new 'helper' gave me a good feeling.
bvi 16y ago
Wow. Nostalgia. I'll have to try this out again, after a decade.
blasdel 16y ago
Wow! I'd been thinking about researching iTunes -> iPhone streaming apps, but now I don't even have to — I know wholeheartedly that anything y'all put out is going to be awesome. It's weird to realize that 'brands' really do have worth. Audiogalaxy 1.0 was the first to really execute on an amazing new UX since the days of IRC Fserves and Napster, and after your legal problems it wasn't till OiNK (and now what.cd) showed up years later that anything nearly as good was available.
revorad 16y ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making Audiogalaxy which introduced me to my favourite music of all times, back in the day.
jazzychad 16y ago
The second purchase I ever made online was an Audiogalaxy t-shirt. Thanks for the memories :)
iamgoat 16y ago
I may still have my AudioGalaxy t-shirt from back in the day. Edit: High-five to jazzychad, didn't see your response.

baddox 16y ago

The one where you searched from your browser and then opened some small hash file into the client which did the sharing, right? Not unlike the later BitTorrent.

slackerIII 16y ago
Yeah, everything was browser based, except for the small app that ran on the desktop. We handled all the queues and the download scheduling on the server though -- no need for the client to open anything.
- yellowbkpk 16y ago
  That was brilliant. I left the client up at home and could queue stuff up while at school. When I got home I had a bunch of new music to listen to. Great idea!
  - slackerIII 16y ago
    Thanks! That was my first lesson in how inspiring constraints can be -- we didn't have the resources to make a good client UI, so we put it on the website instead.