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Show HN: Zune-Inspired Music Interface Concept

by CharlieA on 8/9/12, 8:56 AM with 8 comments

  • by ChrisNorstrom on 8/9/12, 12:17 PM

    It was beautiful up until I tried to play songs. I'm on Windows 7 PC using Google Chrome latest version.

    Gorgeous effects, fade animations, and interface is clean and beautiful but the playlist being CDs on the left side of the screen is a bad idea. I can't remove them, when I click on the artist it adds more of the same song to my playlist. Clicking on different cds (songs) in my playlist doesn't work either. I really got frustrated having to roll over all the cds(songs), the interface changing in the Now Playing panel. It was just so odd and awkward.

    It's glitchy when using the next/previous arrows in the footer music player. I can't switch between music. The experience was perfect up until I started trying to actually listen to the music. I guess there's still more work to do.

  • by k-mcgrady on 8/9/12, 10:24 AM

    This looks great. The only thing I didn't like was the big ugly google banner ad on the side.

    Also, are there any legal complications with how you are sourcing the music?

    Nice job!

    Edit: I noticed some tracks are wrong. e.g. Hump De Bump by the Red Hot Chili Peppers plays something else I didn't recognize.

  • by andrewfelix on 8/9/12, 9:38 AM

    Nice!

    Where are music and images being served from? Seems to have a substantial library. What are the licensing arrangements?

  • by jameswyse on 8/9/12, 10:32 AM

    Very impressive! I love the local music feature.