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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 16:38
Great idea guys!

I agree with Guigo.  It maybe an idea to have a random tracklist everyday, if that is possible?

Obviously, having the facility to hear new tracks is great, but some people may want to hear tracks that have been there for ages.

Having said that, I'm waiting on Astrid Proll - Torso to be added (as I know Chamberry sent it to Tony), so it'd be nice to see that on the list
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 16:42
First of all, thanks to M@x for adding that streaming player. It's a great idea. I hope people will discover new bands with it like Red Sparowes, Astrid Pröll and others.Wink

Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

Errr... two points:
 
re-positioning to the right side, as spotted by others. (1)
 
change randomly the mp3 to allow visitors notice all other mp3 streaming available in PA. (2) In this case, the word "Latest" should be erased.


Agreed.

How about moving it to where the "advertising" box is? We can move those adds to the end of the 100 album list.


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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Great idea guys!

I agree with Guigo.  It maybe an idea to have a random tracklist everyday, if that is possible?

Obviously, having the facility to hear new tracks is great, but some people may want to hear tracks that have been there for ages.

Having said that, I'm waiting on Astrid Proll - Torso to be added (as I know Chamberry sent it to Tony), so it'd be nice to see that on the list


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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 17:26
Wow, that was a surprise, but great idea.Thumbs Up

I have to agree with everyone that has said that its positioning is rather intrusive, would be best if its moved to the top of the right hand column. Also agree with Guigo's idea for the tracks to change regularly, maybe with a fetured genre each day.
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Points: 6667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 17:34
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Great idea guys!

I agree with Guigo.  It maybe an idea to have a random tracklist everyday, if that is possible?

Obviously, having the facility to hear new tracks is great, but some people may want to hear tracks that have been there for ages.

Having said that, I'm waiting on Astrid Proll - Torso to be added (as I know Chamberry sent it to Tony), so it'd be nice to see that on the list


Nah, I prefer the latest mp3's (as it is). If you want the old ones, you can search them out yourself IMO - and some people may have already heard (almost) - all of them. The new ones are the ones that deserve extra attention.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 17:35
Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Great idea guys!

I agree with Guigo.  It maybe an idea to have a random tracklist everyday, if that is possible?

Obviously, having the facility to hear new tracks is great, but some people may want to hear tracks that have been there for ages.

Having said that, I'm waiting on Astrid Proll - Torso to be added (as I know Chamberry sent it to Tony), so it'd be nice to see that on the list


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Didn't see this topic, and I just posted another about it elsewhere.  I hate the positioning.  It seems to drown out the rest of the page.  It would definitely be better on the bottom.
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Points: 808 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 20:33
Well ... When a new person to prog first comes to this site the first thing he sees is a bunch of butt average so called prog songs available to download stream , not a good beginning for a new person  not a good way to spread the word about how good prog can get.  (at least make the songs a collection from the top 250 CDs)

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I love this facility. The "random" choice change every day is not a bad idea.
I'd like to comment: Can we limit the entries per band to 1 (one)? That way more bands get exposure. If people want to know more of a band they can always move to the band page.
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Points: 4051 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 21:40
Guys,

thanks for your comments,

as a reminder the home page is dedicated to provide a quick snap shot of the new stuff available @ www.progarchives.com .

- Latest forum topcis
- latest reviews
- latest album added


So now we have the latest MP3 added.

More mp3 free stream can be listen through band and album pages.
And in the sub-genre zone too.

What do you think ?

Max


Edited by M@X - October 30 2006 at 21:40
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 21:43
Originally posted by Masque Masque wrote:

Well ... When a new person to prog first comes to this site the first thing he sees is a bunch of butt average so called prog songs available to download stream , not a good beginning for a new person  not a good way to spread the word about how good prog can get.  (at least make the songs a collection from the top 250 CDs)

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Now hang on, Astrid Proll - Torso is not average. Wink
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Points: 251 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 22:58
Great!
 
imho:
 
1. Positioning is fine. I'd rather hear the groups music than someone else's opinion of it.
 
2. Track rotation is the way to go. After a group/artist has a song listed they drop to the end of the list keeping it relatively fresh.
 
3. I'd remove "Downloads" since we can't really d/l the music.
 
4. I'm assuming the whole PA library is available? Established major artists (Taal) as well as newcomer's?
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2006 at 03:18
M@x,
 
The general view appears to be that the new facility is a valuable addition, but that the positioning of it is wrong.
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Points: 3278 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2006 at 05:17

Hooray, thanks Tony for adding the Church sample.Clap
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I like the idea, I like the positioning.
Personally I would make it take up less vertical space on the page, maybe by only showing 5 songs instead of the 10 we currently see. But as a member I have no problem navagating the site.
And I like the idea of keeping the songs as the newest additions, again as a member I know where to find the rest of them.
 
I PARTICULARILY LIKE THE 'NEW VISITORS GUIDE'. To me this is a great resource for 'newbies' to the site. It would have been a great help when I first starting visiting a couple of years ago.
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Great addendum to this site's already laudative qualities. It's an useful innovation, as one would arrange himself to meet new material and bands without having to waste that much time in search for updates. I, myself, have noted about three or four interesting bands, when I first took a listen at the new feature. In my opinion, its position is just irrelevant - not much impact caused on the new members, unless people are just as frivolous as to take that into account, rather than hearing the songs themselves and probe the site's content -, save for reducing the reviews' area, even though one has the option of reading more than what's initially displayed. In such case, Firepuck's thought could answer to that issue, as well. As for the suggestion of placing in previously existent mp3 streams, I'm not so sure on how significant that'd be, since anyone can just look for what's already there themselves, even with genre-derived tracks, and just for building a rating system of popularity based on the listenings, it doesn't seem that important to take up more space.
    
    

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I agree with the sentiment that the latest streaming mp3s should be moved by resizing it and putting it on the right. Also, there should be an option of putting it on a random setting that would introduce lots of people to music that's been around for a while, and a "featured" setting that would allow people to listen to the newest streaming additions.
    

Edited by robertplantowns - October 31 2006 at 14:54


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Originally posted by robertplantowns robertplantowns wrote:

I agree with the sentiment that the latest streaming mp3s should be moved by resizing it and putting it on the right. Also, there should be an option of putting it on a random setting that would introduce lots of people to music that's been around for a while, and a "featured" setting that would allow people to listen to the newest streaming additions.
    


If it's possible to have both options, that would be great. But I'm not sure if it is possible. If not, I would prefer to see the most recent tracks displayed.
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The streaming is a good idea but the contents of the page you get when you first arrive on the site is not so good.
We have a tacky "hit this and win an Xbox/iPod" type ad at the top, a block of Google ads down the right and only a small paragraph about the site visible above the MP3 download (which is now an incorrect term) box. It looks better when you can see some album covers in the reviews.
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