Most missed things

There are a few good points made in this thread, but also a few things which are still in the site, maybe users just haven't found them yet.

No, this isn't good enough and it seems that in your zeal to defend last.fm, you've missed the point entirely.

It's the equivalent of having someone remodel your house only to walk in and be completely lost to the point of barely being able to function. "When you ask, why did you take away the TV? I wanted to watch a movie." It is not satisfactory for the redecorater to say "You still have a TV, you just have open the closet, take out from behind the air conditioner and set it up in the kitchen."

Everything has been rearranged from its convenient, easy-to-find placement into an arrangement that requires a few extra clicks to do everything. Convenient and personal features have been removed or deemphasized. Instead of having everything at my fingertips, I always have "find them" as you say, as if this were satisfactory.

It's like putting the speedometer of your car in the glove compartment. Sure I still have access to it, but what good does it do me if it's not in a convenient location? If it's difficult to find? If, when I do find it, the numbers are small and hard to read?

That's what this update is like. My friends list has been deemphasized, and jammed in a forgotten corner at the bottom of the page. Their icons are shrunken, dwarfed by the humongous ad above them. My neighbors, instead of being a glace away as I look at my track list, are in a shoebox on a shelf in the closet. <sarcasm>Yeah, I'm sure I'll be visiting them more often now.</sarcasm>

Last.fm has been gutted. It's no longer user-friendly and fun. It's a maze. it's gone from a fun experience to a frustrating one. Time for another makeover. This one is an abomination. The designer should be flogged.

when your top artist chart changes at the end of the week, it doesn't let you know what the previous position of the artist was, like it used to.

_Tarkus_ said:
molecaat said:
when your top artist chart changes at the end of the week, it doesn't let you know what the previous position of the artist was, like it used to.
That was a Greasemonkey script (unless you're going back all the way to the Audioscrobbler days). You need to ask the script author to please update it.

There was a native last.fm version for just the weekly charts, though, Tarkus. It is now gone.

DFA1979 said:
Cernovog said:
There are a few good points made in this thread, but also a few things which are still in the site, maybe users just haven't found them yet.

No, this isn't good enough and it seems that in your zeal to defend last.fm, you've missed the point entirely.

No, I've not missed the point entirely. If anything, you've missed the point of my post - I'm simply saying that some of these features which people say they miss do exist. I'm not a developer, I can't do anything about moving altering the menus or the locations of items, but what I can and did do was point out that some of these features still exist.

That's not being lost in my "zeal to defend last.fm", that's just helping people to find the things they're looking for.yes but you(the one that designed this) ARE to blame for them not being found. sorry it is a simple fact .

Everything.

But my point is that I have nothing to do with the design, at all. I'm not related to last.fm in any way except that they've asked me to be a moderator - so applying
"yes but you(the one that designed this) ARE to blame for them not being found. sorry it is a simple fact . "
to a quote of my post is simply wrong. If something's difficult to find it's the fault of the staff, of which I'm not a member.

neighbors are gone? there not just hiding somewhere?

thank you. now i see it. along the upper left side of my profile page, not my home page.

reply tracker

I just don't get it.. Why are these great features gone.. :(

- seperate search for artists and tracks
- recommended events in an area + setting the distance (this feature was really useful)
- friends attending events on my dashboard
- TAG CLOUD on artist page (not hidden in the nav bar)
- ...

- the last played tracks picture mosaic.
- tag clouds.
- having my profile, groups and shouts in a decent well-thought place, not under some giant ad, while a stupid menu bar that should be horizontal is there taking its space

zeppyfish said:
The question is: who were the beta users who LIKED things this way? Has anyone gone to the beta users group and looked at what they're saying? Is this what THEY wanted?
I was there virtually the entire beta period. I would characterize the general opinion that most people liked the new features, such as rolling charts and recommendations, but hated missing features, such as no Reply Tracker and the reduced charts. I would say most didn't care much for the look and general layout, either. The flash player was particularly unpopular.

That said, it's only fair to point out that many improvements were made based on user feedback. For example, the About Me used to be right below Recently Listened Tracks, and Recent Visitors were only shown on the home page for subscribers.

Play in popup was the best feature ever.
Now I have to keep a full-blown tab page open in Firefox just to hear some music, that's rubbish.