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smoseley · 15-12-2007, 16:27

Welcome to SongPanel!

It's a personal project... an idea I had for a web tool that would help people find new music they might like. Kind of like Pandora, but in a different way.

It's still alpha (not nearly 100% functional yet).

Comments on the design only, please. I hope it's "web 2.0" for some of the more extreme critics here. It's entirely built from scratch (yes, I know the HTML doesn't validate... I don't wanna hear it.)

Specifically what I'm concerned about is the left side. I need some ideas on presentation of the content. Maybe some ideas on graphical tools, charts, etc. that I could implement that would be applicable to all visitors? Also, any ideas on what other tools I could offer to registered users?

Thanks.

smoseley · 15-12-2007, 19:29

PS - To those who suggested I can't do tableless design, view the source and KMA.

herkalees · 15-12-2007, 19:42

Way to be ass hat.

iblastoff · 15-12-2007, 20:18

i still see tables in your source.

Dusteh · 15-12-2007, 20:39

Clean enough... not keen on the logo. Good luck taking on Last.fm

smoseley · 16-12-2007, 13:09

Not planning on directly competing with last.fm

emil · 16-12-2007, 13:56

so... it's a list. Not very readable because of the leading, either.
Increase padding or line height, add some fine dividers, get rid of the underlines. It should do wonders to legibility.

brooks · 16-12-2007, 14:02

I'm afraid I don't like it, it looks very cold and uninviting, and on 1024x768 there is absolutely no padding from the edges which looks odd. The menu is too basic, and I'm not a great fan of the colour scheme, while the image of the headphones looks nice enough the text to the side of it is just boring, not a fan of the narrow type either.

Seriously, good luck on making this have more than a couple of users that you don't know or asked to sign up because last.fm is absolutely quality, and i'd not deviate from it, nor it's other millions of global users.

15-12-2007, 16:27	#1 (permalink)
smoseley Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 95	SongPanel.com Welcome to SongPanel! It's a personal project... an idea I had for a web tool that would help people find new music they might like. Kind of like Pandora, but in a different way. It's still alpha (not nearly 100% functional yet). Comments on the design only, please. I hope it's "web 2.0" for some of the more extreme critics here. It's entirely built from scratch (yes, I know the HTML doesn't validate... I don't wanna hear it.) Specifically what I'm concerned about is the left side. I need some ideas on presentation of the content. Maybe some ideas on graphical tools, charts, etc. that I could implement that would be applicable to all visitors? Also, any ideas on what other tools I could offer to registered users? Thanks.

15-12-2007, 19:42	#3 (permalink)
herkalees Semantics, yay. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Salem, Massachusetts Posts: 1,129	Way to be ass hat. __________________ Writing on markup, CSS, and other web geekery Professional, accessible, and search engine friendly web site development by Boston Web Studio

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iblastoff gotsa a malanga! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: ottawa, canada Posts: 489	i still see tables in your source. __________________ stevelam.ca \| sickpill.com Last edited by iblastoff : 18-12-2007 at 23:58.

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,864	Clean enough... not keen on the logo. Good luck taking on Last.fm __________________ unconsolidated isoparms

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emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 7,020	so... it's a list. Not very readable because of the leading, either. Increase padding or line height, add some fine dividers, get rid of the underlines. It should do wonders to legibility. __________________ Tourism Q X R

15-12-2007, 19:29	#2 (permalink)
smoseley Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 95	PS - To those who suggested I can't do tableless design, view the source and KMA.

16-12-2007, 13:09	#6 (permalink)
smoseley Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 95	Not planning on directly competing with last.fm

16-12-2007, 14:02	#8 (permalink)
brooks inventer of the left-hand Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Gypsyville Posts: 1,317	I'm afraid I don't like it, it looks very cold and uninviting, and on 1024x768 there is absolutely no padding from the edges which looks odd. The menu is too basic, and I'm not a great fan of the colour scheme, while the image of the headphones looks nice enough the text to the side of it is just boring, not a fan of the narrow type either. Seriously, good luck on making this have more than a couple of users that you don't know or asked to sign up because last.fm is absolutely quality, and i'd not deviate from it, nor it's other millions of global users. __________________ Flickr Photos

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