New Last.FM layout

[travelcard]

I'm sure there must be another thread about this already, but if there is I can't find it.

Last.FM changed their layout overnight and to me it looks nasty, wish they'd have left it as it was.

What do you guys think?

[Preoccupation]

It is still in beta stage. I would like more that they left option to switch between old and new site design. The new one is just... Awful. Looks like little children designed it... :(

[former1]

I don't mind it. I'd say usability is the same as the old design *shrug*

[azz0r_wugg]

Oh god why, its terrible.

[travelcard]

There is angry group that want it changed back. It's got over 3000 members in just a few hours.

http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm

... and people are re-tagging a random MP3 to:

"Artist - The Last.fm Users Song Title - Bring Back The Old Last.fm. Album - Bring Back The Old Last.fm"

and then leaving it on repeat so that it scrobes to the top of their charts :D

[brentaal]

Personally, I couldn't care less about the design. What I do care about is how slow the site has become lately.

[CY:G]

To be honest, i like some of the options now available on the personal pages, as well as the images for the artist instead of just text...

Overall though, it just sucks..., bring the old Last.FM back (with the nice new features please)

[bluewind.]

It looks cleaner, but I'm also missing the old one.

[sundayx Veteran]

I love it, but I don't like the top banner, looks rough.

[noroom]

I like it.

[brayan27]

I like it, it looks good but a little too myspace-ish.

last FM as a whole just sucks.

I've never seen a site so full of morons and 4chan memes. YUCK!

Edited July 18, 2008 by brayan27

[PT 13]

I like it

[NienorGT]

I like more the new layout of things.

The style isn't nice as the old tough.

[ViZioN]

I like the new layout...not that there was anything particularly wrong with the old one, but I think it's cool :D

[Kreuger]

ICK! Give me back my black!

[Rappy Veteran]

It will take a bit of getting used to I think.

[Matt]

front page is nice but after browsing around, its not too bad. its a bit more modularesque. seems to load a tad quicker.

[Des]

It's okay, but it needs allot of help in terms of speed, kinda slow yet. I would also like to see more colors available... it's not gonna kill me if they keep it but it certainly wouldn't bother me if they brought the old one back.

[h3xis]

It's awful. It wasn't in beta long enough and some of the staff has even said this. It wasn't supposed to be released when it was but it was supposedly taking too much effort to keep up with both site designs so they went ahead and pushed this one out. There is way too much white space and the colors used are horrible. White background? Who the hell thought that was a good idea? And, while I'm sure it was done for "functionality" and "aesthetics" it's mainly been done for advertising. I just hope that an alternative crops up soon. They should have just improved upon their old design and fixed the problems going on with speed before. They have a real problem with keeping everything together; every once in a while when the subscription server goes down everything messes up ensuing in a massive sh!tstorm and I believe they should have dedicated their time to these issues first.

[ralph_tran]

its not that bad...but the old design was a bit cleaner and more "web 2.0 looking"

[Eric Veteran]

There is angry group that want it changed back. It's got over 3000 members in just a few hours.

http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm

... and people are re-tagging a random MP3 to:

"Artist - The Last.fm Users Song Title - Bring Back The Old Last.fm. Album - Bring Back The Old Last.fm"

and then leaving it on repeat so that it scrobes to the top of their charts :D

The group seems to be locked now. I see a "You can't post a shout here" at the top of the list. Maybe they just want us to close accounts instead?

Never mind... I'm just a dummy and didn't join the group first. :)

[Corris Veteran]

I like it.

The simple red and white works, nothing is too in your face.

Its organised better than it was and doesn't feel like everything is squashed in as much.

People will always moan no matter what, some people can't deal with cahnge right away, will moan for a few weeks and will eventually settle down.

[Kudos Veteran]

I like it, far better than the old one.

[ViperAFK]

It's awful. It wasn't in beta long enough and some of the staff has even said this. It wasn't supposed to be released when it was but it was supposedly taking too much effort to keep up with both site designs so they went ahead and pushed this one out. There is way too much white space and the colors used are horrible. White background? Who the hell thought that was a good idea? And, while I'm sure it was done for "functionality" and "aesthetics" it's mainly been done for advertising. I just hope that an alternative crops up soon. They should have just improved upon their old design and fixed the problems going on with speed before. They have a real problem with keeping everything together; every once in a while when the subscription server goes down everything messes up ensuing in a massive sh!tstorm and I believe they should have dedicated their time to these issues first.

Yeah a white background on a website is so crazy... :huh:

[Eric Veteran]

I like it, far better than the old one.

Really? I think it's ugly. It looks like a FrontPage template.