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I wanted to play with new toys, so here's a little app that lets you build and synchronize a playlist with other people. Open the page in a few more tabs/comput

by inportb 12y ago

I wanted to play with new toys, so here's a little app that lets you build and synchronize a playlist with other people. Open the page in a few more tabs/computers for more fun. Thanks for playing :) Limitations: It relies on HTML5 audio, so it probably only works well on Chrom{e,ium}, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. Content comes from YouTube, so Firefox might have trouble with AAC when WebM is unavailable. Mobile devices are remote control only. http://jam.now.im/c/Hacker-News http://jam.now.im/c/Hacker-News (hacker jam!) http://jam.now.im/c/Hacker-News?mode=auto http://jam.now.im/c/Hacker-News?mode=auto (play old stuff if there are no requests) http://jam.now.im/c/Hacker-News?mode=rc http://jam.now.im/c/Hacker-News?mode=rc (remote control only, with no audio) Replace `Hacker-News` with your channel name.

inportb 12y ago
Thank you for all the awesome feedback! I'll collate some of them here: 1. It's confusing - This is also my concern. It diffs/merges playlists, so it can be confusing how your requests map to what's actually playing. The other thing it does is count votes and exclude below-average tracks. 2. Thumbs up/down - Thumbs up votes for an encore/repeat. Thumbs down votes to skip. It weighs your votes against the number of requests for the track. 3. Song length limit - That's actually a great idea, to keep things moving along. 4. It's annoying when people skip lots of tracks - Indeed, perhaps a rate limit per user would be a good idea?
- pierrec 12y ago
  I think that the "thumbs up" vote should be separate from the possible "encore/repeat" vote. People probably vote thumbs up just to counteract other's thumbs down (inevitable once there are enough participants), then, if a track makes it through the battle without being skipped, an awkward situation is created when it starts looping but nobody wanted it to loop. As for the skipping situation, maybe if tracks started off with a default of one "thumbs up", then you would need at least two people to skip a track. Just one possible solution.
  - inportb 12y ago
    Got it. It seems that it would be more intuitive if the thumbs up just added that track to your requests. The encore button should definitely not look like an upvote button. I'll look into making it harder to skip tracks. Thanks!

by inportb 12y ago

inportb 12y ago

Thank you for all the awesome feedback! I'll collate some of them here: 1. It's confusing - This is also my concern. It diffs/merges playlists, so it can be confusing how your requests map to what's actually playing. The other thing it does is count votes and exclude below-average tracks. 2. Thumbs up/down - Thumbs up votes for an encore/repeat. Thumbs down votes to skip. It weighs your votes against the number of requests for the track. 3. Song length limit - That's actually a great idea, to keep things moving along. 4. It's annoying when people skip lots of tracks - Indeed, perhaps a rate limit per user would be a good idea?

pierrec 12y ago
I think that the "thumbs up" vote should be separate from the possible "encore/repeat" vote. People probably vote thumbs up just to counteract other's thumbs down (inevitable once there are enough participants), then, if a track makes it through the battle without being skipped, an awkward situation is created when it starts looping but nobody wanted it to loop. As for the skipping situation, maybe if tracks started off with a default of one "thumbs up", then you would need at least two people to skip a track. Just one possible solution.
- inportb 12y ago
  Got it. It seems that it would be more intuitive if the thumbs up just added that track to your requests. The encore button should definitely not look like an upvote button. I'll look into making it harder to skip tracks. Thanks!