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The only time you're ever allowed to start music on a home page

31 points by jmtame 18y ago

MySpace does not count!

JMiao 18y ago
yeah, we're experimenting. i understand both of the for/against autoplay arguments. it gets trickier when you realize how you can easily confuse your users a/b testing this type of thing.
- baddox 18y ago
  Don't autoplay, and feature a prominent (read: huge) play button.
jimfl 18y ago
Um. The first tune rocked my socks off, and I'm gonna let the next one play too.
jimfl 18y ago
Also, I love the ability to keep navigating without losing the currently playing track. This seems like a basic, necessary UI trope for any sort of temporal media.
- apsurd 18y ago
  sort of on topic but playlist.com really has an amazing user experience (in the music space). Songs keep playing while browsing, and even if you are not logged in and a song is playing, if you want to add it to your playlist, you can click add, it iwill log you in, add the song, all while the song plays. Great stuff. (IIRC playlist is a YC alumn)
chiffonade 18y ago
Suggestion: search box should search music, not people first.
websevenpointoh 18y ago
I've loved thesixtyone since the moment I came across the site. It's exactly what music needs in the digital age. I've been exposed to so much more independent music than would have ever been possible without this site. I completely agree with the previous comments about the interface -- It's fantastic. Everything is very pleasing, responsive and intuitive!
compay 18y ago
I think zombo.com is the other time you're allowed to do it.
lucumo 18y ago
It looks like a great concept, but the Flash player keeps stuttering :(
- JMiao 18y ago
  that's weird. what browser are you using?
  - lucumo 18y ago
    Opera 9, Linux. I use the (experimental) Flash 10 64-bits plugin, so it's probably something to do with that (although I used to have similar problems and crashes to boot with Flash 9 voor 32-bits systems). I'll try with Firefox just to be sure.
    - JMiao 18y ago
      that sounds like the culprit. thanks for the additional info.
      - lucumo 18y ago
        I've experimented a bit. Interesting enough I couldn't get Firefox to work with Flash at all. Silly. I've "downgraded" to the 32-bit version of Flash 10 (the one installed by the Ubuntu package), it had the same results for both Firefox and Opera. The stuttering seems to happen mostly because my browser is busy or something. If I put it in a background tab, it stutters more. If I use my browser it stutters more. Anyway, it seems to be a Flash problem, so I don't think it's anything you can solve :-(
        lucumo 18y ago
        sudo renice -19 `pgrep operapluginwrap` helps a bit. Still isn't completely gone though.
Keyframe 18y ago
that feedback type looks alot like facebook logo
DXL 18y ago
This is a very dynamic start-up. Two weeks ago they announced they changed their brand from thesixtyone to thesixtynine, because they thought it would be more memorable. (See http://thesixtyone.tumblr.com/post/91817637/reinventing-the-brand http://thesixtyone.tumblr.com/post/91817637/reinventing-the-...) It looked kinda odd, having a "69" icon in my bookmarks toolbar. Anyway, they appeared to have returned to the old brand now. Great site, though :)
- lehmannro 18y ago
  Despite the publishing date being March 31st it seems that was an April Fool's joke. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=541446 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=541446

31 points by jmtame 18y ago

MySpace does not count!

JMiao 18y ago

yeah, we're experimenting. i understand both of the for/against autoplay arguments. it gets trickier when you realize how you can easily confuse your users a/b testing this type of thing.

baddox 18y ago
Don't autoplay, and feature a prominent (read: huge) play button.

jimfl 18y ago

Um. The first tune rocked my socks off, and I'm gonna let the next one play too.

jimfl 18y ago

Also, I love the ability to keep navigating without losing the currently playing track. This seems like a basic, necessary UI trope for any sort of temporal media.

apsurd 18y ago
sort of on topic but playlist.com really has an amazing user experience (in the music space). Songs keep playing while browsing, and even if you are not logged in and a song is playing, if you want to add it to your playlist, you can click add, it iwill log you in, add the song, all while the song plays. Great stuff. (IIRC playlist is a YC alumn)

chiffonade 18y ago

Suggestion: search box should search music, not people first.

websevenpointoh 18y ago

I've loved thesixtyone since the moment I came across the site. It's exactly what music needs in the digital age. I've been exposed to so much more independent music than would have ever been possible without this site. I completely agree with the previous comments about the interface -- It's fantastic. Everything is very pleasing, responsive and intuitive!

compay 18y ago

I think zombo.com is the other time you're allowed to do it.

lucumo 18y ago

It looks like a great concept, but the Flash player keeps stuttering :(

JMiao 18y ago
that's weird. what browser are you using?
- lucumo 18y ago
  Opera 9, Linux. I use the (experimental) Flash 10 64-bits plugin, so it's probably something to do with that (although I used to have similar problems and crashes to boot with Flash 9 voor 32-bits systems). I'll try with Firefox just to be sure.
  - JMiao 18y ago
    that sounds like the culprit. thanks for the additional info.
    - lucumo 18y ago
      I've experimented a bit. Interesting enough I couldn't get Firefox to work with Flash at all. Silly. I've "downgraded" to the 32-bit version of Flash 10 (the one installed by the Ubuntu package), it had the same results for both Firefox and Opera. The stuttering seems to happen mostly because my browser is busy or something. If I put it in a background tab, it stutters more. If I use my browser it stutters more. Anyway, it seems to be a Flash problem, so I don't think it's anything you can solve :-(
      - lucumo 18y ago
        sudo renice -19 `pgrep operapluginwrap` helps a bit. Still isn't completely gone though.

Keyframe 18y ago

that feedback type looks alot like facebook logo

DXL 18y ago

This is a very dynamic start-up. Two weeks ago they announced they changed their brand from thesixtyone to thesixtynine, because they thought it would be more memorable. (See http://thesixtyone.tumblr.com/post/91817637/reinventing-the-brand http://thesixtyone.tumblr.com/post/91817637/reinventing-the-...) It looked kinda odd, having a "69" icon in my bookmarks toolbar. Anyway, they appeared to have returned to the old brand now. Great site, though :)

lehmannro 18y ago
Despite the publishing date being March 31st it seems that was an April Fool's joke. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=541446 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=541446