Comments on: Users Revolt as the New Design at Last.fm Goes Live http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/ The Best Apps of the World Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kenneth http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-30718 Kenneth Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:59:33 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-30718 i actually liked the old design better da. the newer one is still messed up. i cant find the invite friends option. and if click the one that i did find it doesnt take me anywhere. hope they give the option to switch back. i actually liked the old design better da. the newer one is still messed up. i cant find the invite friends option. and if click the one that i did find it doesnt take me anywhere.
hope they give the option to switch back.

]]> By: Kozminovici http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29991 Kozminovici Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:20:17 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29991 I've been using last.fm for almost 2 years now. I loved its clean, straight, almost minimalistic design. It was a trademark. More so, it was a statement. It had the cozy feeling of a second home on this big damn Web, yet it was *the* greatest tool for discovering new music to enjoy. Maybe I'm too much of a music freak, hell knows, but last.fm used to be the perfect playground. It was *different*. All is lost now, of course. Every little detail of it just screams "web 2.0". In the quest for hell knows what, improvement? customers' satisfaction? profit? they have lost their identity, becoming just another copy of your average stuffed-with-ads commercial site. It may sound like a stupid reason for a "revolt", I agree, but truth is - there's quite a bunch of people that really love that website and really care about it. And they just HATE having it spoiled mindlessly. I’ve been using last.fm for almost 2 years now. I loved its clean, straight, almost minimalistic design. It was a trademark. More so, it was a statement. It had the cozy feeling of a second home on this big damn Web, yet it was *the* greatest tool for discovering new music to enjoy. Maybe I’m too much of a music freak, hell knows, but last.fm used to be the perfect playground. It was *different*.
All is lost now, of course.
Every little detail of it just screams “web 2.0″. In the quest for hell knows what, improvement? customers’ satisfaction? profit? they have lost their identity, becoming just another copy of your average stuffed-with-ads commercial site. It may sound like a stupid reason for a “revolt”, I agree, but truth is – there’s quite a bunch of people that really love that website and really care about it. And they just HATE having it spoiled mindlessly.

]]> By: silent_hope http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29970 silent_hope Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29970 When I found last.fm I just fell in love with it.It was like no other site and it was just perfekt.I'm more into the music then anything else and I was just impressed.The design was unique, simple and perfekt.Now every time when I look at the new one, I feel like my heart is broken.It seems like my myspace profil :( If I want to see what I need I have to scroll scroll and again scroll down there.Yes,there are a lot of improvements, but the new design ruined everything.And Tony "Making room for ad space is one thing — turning the whole thing into a Facebook lookalike was a strategic error that will lose it a lot of ardent fans." - it is so true.... When I found last.fm I just fell in love with it.It was like no other site and it was just perfekt.I’m more into the music then anything else and I was just impressed.The design was unique, simple and perfekt.Now every time when I look at the new one, I feel like my heart is broken.It seems like my myspace profil :( If I want to see what I need I have to scroll scroll and again scroll down there.Yes,there are a lot of improvements, but the new design ruined everything.And Tony “Making room for ad space is one thing — turning the whole thing into a Facebook lookalike was a strategic error that will lose it a lot of ardent fans.” – it is so true….

]]> By: Sammy http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29969 Sammy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:41:33 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29969 That's the thing though. Not only does the old design look like a child designed it (I can cope with that by the way) it's the fact that it's totally impractical. It takes a long time to work out what how to acheieve simple tasks. That's not intuitive at all. The old site however had NOTHING at all wrong with it. That’s the thing though. Not only does the old design look like a child designed it (I can cope with that by the way) it’s the fact that it’s totally impractical. It takes a long time to work out what how to acheieve simple tasks. That’s not intuitive at all.

The old site however had NOTHING at all wrong with it.

]]> By: headspace http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29968 headspace Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:24:08 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29968 way to sell out big time for more advert space. terribly convoluted design with tons of white space (soon to be replaced by ads), not to mention useless features like the recent activity tracker (facebook, anyone?). welcome to fail.fm way to sell out big time for more advert space. terribly convoluted design with tons of white space (soon to be replaced by ads), not to mention useless features like the recent activity tracker (facebook, anyone?). welcome to fail.fm

]]> By: Abraxas http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29696 Abraxas Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:09:50 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29696 I think the new last.fm has a much more heavier overall scheme, that makes it much harder for you to navigate in it, compared to the old scheme. I liked the previous version because of it's simplicity and because it was better organised. I think the new last.fm has a much more heavier overall scheme, that makes it much harder for you to navigate in it, compared to the old scheme. I liked the previous version because of it’s simplicity and because it was better organised.

]]> By: Strappado http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29637 Strappado Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:14:47 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29637 This new design is so fucking bad! I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT! I feel sick everytime I visit this fucking last.fm shit! This new design is so fucking bad! I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT!
I feel sick everytime I visit this fucking last.fm shit!

]]> By: Tony http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29501 Tony Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:14:04 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29501 There was nothing wrong with the old design. It was clear, compact, and intuitive. I had no trouble learning to navigate it when I began using the site a year ago. The chief reason for the redesign was to accomodate ad space, something that the previous design did not allow for. If you have any doubts about that, see this Times article: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4350427.ece. I have no issue with companies increasing their revenue by adding advertising as long as I'm left with a user friendly interface that performs well. Unfortunately, the new layout is a soul-less makeover of a once loved site. Making room for ad space is one thing -- turning the whole thing into a Facebook lookalike was a strategic error that will lose it a lot of ardent fans. There was nothing wrong with the old design. It was clear, compact, and intuitive. I had no trouble learning to navigate it when I began using the site a year ago. The chief reason for the redesign was to accomodate ad space, something that the previous design did not allow for. If you have any doubts about that, see this Times article: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4350427.ece.

I have no issue with companies increasing their revenue by adding advertising as long as I’m left with a user friendly interface that performs well. Unfortunately, the new layout is a soul-less makeover of a once loved site. Making room for ad space is one thing — turning the whole thing into a Facebook lookalike was a strategic error that will lose it a lot of ardent fans.

]]> By: Cody http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29494 Cody Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:27:55 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29494 Good lord. The new last.fm site rocks! It's much more intuitive and I feel that it caters toward giving artists and new artists the spotlight. Those who can't accept change - bug off! :) Good lord. The new last.fm site rocks! It’s much more intuitive and I feel that it caters toward giving artists and new artists the spotlight. Those who can’t accept change – bug off!

:)

]]> By: Arun http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/comment-page-1/#comment-29457 Arun Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:49:03 +0000 http://dailyapps.net/2008/07/users-revolt-as-the-new-design-at-lastfm-goes-live/#comment-29457 Even DeviantArt has got its new design out. It's just that folks are familiar with the old design and it might take a while for them to get used to the new design. I'm sure the Last.fm team has put in a great deal of thought into this. Personally, I find this design much better and more user-friendly. Opinions differ but the older design definitely had to be trashed. Even DeviantArt has got its new design out. It’s just that folks are familiar with the old design and it might take a while for them to get used to the new design. I’m sure the Last.fm team has put in a great deal of thought into this.

Personally, I find this design much better and more user-friendly. Opinions differ but the older design definitely had to be trashed.

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