Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-14 Thread Jeff Hendy
This seems like you're pointing out problems with the little kid down the street's lemonade stand... Discussing problems is one of the best ways to learn. I'm pretty sure nobody meant to be insulting. Anyway, a couple more observations: -It's not immediately obvious what the coloured boxes

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-14 Thread the
*snort* Not bloody likely... First off, the RIAA will be all over them once they get big enough... On Apr 13, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke wrote: On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:17 PM, the [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But come on, guys. He just made this overnight for his own fun - it was

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-14 Thread Scott McDaniel
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:16 PM, the [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *snort* Not bloody likely... It's still no call to be rude. -- 'Life' plus 'significance' = magic. ~ Grant Morrison Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-13 Thread Kevin Doyle
I agree, Leandro... the upload should allow for multiple uploads and a progress bar. It's something that I think they could add pretty easily, too. Apparently, it does play on iPhone, though... http://muxtape.tumblr.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-13 Thread matias jaramillo
Good point leandro, Each song in the playlist could have its tools: * Edit title * Remove song * Replace song * Add song This would be very similar to the tools each image has in flickr. Where the whole admin is done right on the general gui. And not inside a new admin window. . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-13 Thread the
But come on, guys. He just made this overnight for his own fun - it was just a tiny project. It's not like he's a multimillion dollar corporation that a. should know better and b. has the time for things like this. This seems like you're pointing out problems with the little kid down the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-12 Thread Leandro Alves
Well, I had made a post about muxtape, but unfortunately is in portuguese. But resuming, I think it has an big problem: the upload system. Think about. Almost the only interaction you need to do with the site, to create a list, is to upload your songs... and the upload is limited to 12 songs. Ok,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-11 Thread David Brennan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-11 Thread Matthew Stephens
I love muxtape as well, but have a few critiques. 1) While having the text huge and simple makes it easy to read, making everything on the page clickable makes it extremely frustrating when trying to focus on the window without changing the song. 2) No volume control means I have to change the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-11 Thread Brad Ty Nunnally
All I can say is Wow!! I just started clicking around exploring and was amazed at everything. The only thing that took me a second to figure out how to do was start and pause a song. But, now that I know I will never forget. My two suggestions: 1) The color mash up on the front, some of the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-11 Thread Matthew Loff
My observations... 1) I was curious how they do audio playback, so I dug through the source. While the UI is all HTML (and so elegantly simple), the audio playback is, in fact, flash. Volume control would be a nice touch, perhaps in the page header? 2) A non-scrolling page header might be nice

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-11 Thread Kevin Doyle
I think Muxtape's goal is to get users to explore music organically and discover new tunes... at least, that's what it's getting me to do. I think the playlists on the user page could use smaller text and keep things above the fold so you can see all the songs in the list and a control for

[IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-10 Thread Kevin Doyle
Behold: Muxtape.com Okay, in a nutshell, it's a music sharing site with a bit of a twist -- you can only share music via playlists that you create and upload to share. Like the mixtapes of old (old, being the 80s), you're only allowed a certain number of songs for your playlist. Create an account

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface

2008-04-10 Thread Dmitry Nekrasovski
Thanks for the pointer. Definitely a great user experience - simple, engaging, and addictive. Imagine how much fun mashing this up with a social graph would be... Dmitry On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Kevin Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Behold: Muxtape.com Okay, in a nutshell, it's a