Post your Audiosrobbler userlink so we can always watch what you're listening to

Herman, www.tinypic.com

ok lets try this
http://i29.tinypic.com/2qkm2iu.jpg

http://i25.tinypic.com/2rn9c44.jpg

http://i31.tinypic.com/351zmtc.jpg

http://i26.tinypic.com/2r6co4j.jpg

Heh how did I know this would be you reviving this thread Herr Neuname?

the shoutbox is at the bottom of the page and is much much bigger, shows a lot more messages.
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hmmm.... looks a bit 'like every other new website at the moment'

oh, and, I suppose

http://www.last.fm/user/mynameislinea

I haven't used this shit in forever. yiou wanna know what i"M listening to right now? The Bee Gees - Inside and Out.

Non-Subscribers can still read http://www.last.fm/group/Last.fm+Beta , see all the moans on the shoutboxes and the forum.

Lots of complaints that it looks like Facebook (I don't have Facebook so I cannot compare)

I really hope they bring back the weekly chart to last fm. I always looked forward to seeing my weekly update (sad though that is)

I noticed one thing they were advertising for the new version was: continually-updated charts. Does that mean they've got rid of the weekly one?

Yep. You can change it to show some rolling last 7 days thing, but at the expense of your top artists.
I want both. The weekly publishing of the last weeks chart was the best thing about last fm!

Last fm now is less interested in the charts and more about social networking like myspace and facebook. Fuck that.

I sent my feedback complaining that point :)

It would be good to have both.

Also agree w/ facebook call, too neat-looking.

It doesn't look like there is going to be both if the thread on the forum is anything to go by.

Is it really like Facebook? I had no idea Facebook would be so hideous!

Mine (old format) is here.

Facebook has pretty great site design, comparatively speaking. The real disaster would be if it looked like Myspace...

Weird, I just got this email...

Hi zarklephaser,

As you may have heard, we're currently testing a beta version of the new
www.last.fm site. If you'd like to try it out, we'd love to hear your feedback.
Your account has been added to the list of users who can access the beta.

Learn how to get started and give feedback at the Last.fm Beta group here:
http://beta.last.fm/group/Last.fm+Beta

Here's your profile page on the beta site:
http://beta.last.fm/user/zarklephaser

The beta is currently available in English only and is still under active
development, but check it out and let us know what you think.

Best,
The Last.fm Team.

--
To unsubscribe from all Last.fm emails, visit this page:
http://www.last.fm/unsubscribe/f2401f3676615

The beta started a while back and now theyre inviting non-subscribers (possibly people who have subscribed in the past) as my alternative account i hardly use got an invite too.
So what do you think of it,Stephen?

It won't let me through actually. Says I oughta subscribe. Bah.

the shoutbox is at the bottom of the page and is much much bigger, shows a lot more messages.
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does it show both sides of a conversation now? i hope not, it's a really stupid idea that i'm kinda glad they kept, i can't deal with straight up pms

uh

No. But there is an activity feed where you can see where you posted on other shoutboxes/posted on groups or forums/wrote a journal etc.

no weekly chart? fuck that!

I will miss the weekly charts, but I quite like the idea of adding non-scrobblable music to your collection (though I suppose there are other sites for that and I don't use those). But what can you do with this info once you've taken the time to add it?

Slighty tempted to stump up the subscriber fee to have a poke at this, but considering I haven't even bothered to check my weekly charts for ages (and it used to be a matter of considerable sad ego-stroking every Monday to look at them and congratulate myself or something) it's probably not worth it.

You can change your top artist chart to a rolling 7 day one but it's not the same. I like the charts the way they were. They can change the look but they need to keep the principle the same.

I bet they've only done this to stop people moaning "my weekly charts haven't updated"

Yeah, I too have become obsessed with my weekly chart.

Have also just discovered the delights of the ILXor group radio station- I was unaware that groups had stations:
http://www.last.fm/listen/group/ilXor

It won't let me through actually. Says I oughta subscribe. Bah.

-- stephen,

http://www.last.fm/group/Last.fm+Beta/forum/95114/_/427454

* squeakypants said...

I can't access the beta
I'm not a subscriber, but I got this email:

Your account has been added to the list of users who can access the beta.

However, I get this message when I try to access it:
Sorry, the Last.fm Beta site is currently only accessible by subscribers.

The advice given was clear out cookies (or make sure you're logged in)

I'll bet that within a week of the beta going live there will be a greasemonkey userscript that will allow you to have both charts on your main page.

I think the charts will come back as everyone is moaning about it.

hmm. having played with it a bit, i really like it. the charts thing doesn't matter so much, i think, if -- as others have said -- you set your top artists to the last seven days. in fact, that way you get a rolling one every day, which is way cooler :)

yes, that means you can't have an overall top artists thing -- but surely that's made up for by the library, which basically does the same job?

i'm quite taken with it, anyway. bring it on.

I want my weekly snapshot!

LastGraph3 is an experimental site trying to come up with ways to graph people's playlists. So far, they do have hotlinkable graphs that always update themselves. Here's mine

http://lastgraph3.aeracode.org/graph/mackromackro/sig1/500/50/

..however, it doesn't really show which artists I've been playing. It doesn't look like much at all, in fact. I think later the site will have some neat hotlinkable stuff. But in the meantime, here's a snapshot from March to July 2008 of my last.fm plays in a neat sunset colored water graphic chart:

http://i30.tinypic.com/2ptyyro.jpg

Now, if they could hotlink THAT, regenerated every load, that would be awesome. Andrew G. who runs the LastGraph3 site, I think, is trying to work on this.

beta still not any better

I want my weeklies back dammit and get rid of that shitty player!

MEDIA PLAYER AT TOP RIGHT OF SCREEN FUCK OFF AND BRING BACK MY WEEKLY SNAPSHOT!

new version is sooo slow

and shit

Playlists are for subscribers only now
http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/432857

What does everyone else think of the new site?

What a fucking mess of a design. Who cares about that stupid media player anyway? The library thing also looks extremely useless to me, but takes up big space. Horrible.

If anyone knows a Greasemonky script to make it look like it was before, I'd really appreciate a nudge.

xpost there ya go

i would critique but can't get the fucker to load

I also miss the dashboard overview badly. I'm with you on this Herman, this is insane.

Blueski, seems I was just lucky. Mine now looks like a html page from 1995. Djeez.

Yeah steve it really is slooooooooooooooow.
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Im glad someone agrees with me. That rolling 7 day chart is not the same.
I liked it the way it was before, Weekly snapshot on top, then top 50 artists then top 50 tracks. Cant understand why they've changed that PLUS that player is so horrible. Not to mention the shoutbox et al.
This really is a change for the worse.
And i really hate those last fm arselickers on the forums who are desperate to become staff.

yeah wtf about the dashboard? Did they really kill it? Because that was the only reason to bother friending someone as far as I can tell.