Winamp 5.623 Released

ujay · 1st July 2011, 15:41

A few observations on the new Shoutcast Radio page.

The 'Classic' view is gone and has been replaced by an alternative listing. (3 line icon in VIEW).

So I guess we have to make the best of it.

PROs -

Can be set to list 100 staions per page, maybe not as good as one whole list, but not so bad.
Remembers column settings - Hooray.

CONs -

Does not remember selections from refresh to refresh, let alone session to session.

No direct bookmarking. Useful for selecting a few stations to play later.

As bookmarking now has to be done in Winamp, this means by Server only. This is far from satisfactory as broadcasters often get moved around by their service suppliers and the boookmark goes dead. This is back to the old days of chasing around to keep the list maintained all the time.
With the introduction of static Station ID's Winamp was able to make bookmarks that took this into account. If a bookmark was dead you could usually be sure it was off air, rather than a broken link. Any chance we can get back to this ?

Design -

I'd like to see the Genres Selection box above the 'Popular Tags', not below.

Anything that can be done to vary text size or colour would be welcome.

Note. This is serverside code running in Winamp's browser, so going back to an earlier Winamp version will not change anything.
Also, it could have been worked on as we speak, updating would be silent. Check the site page for latest features.

UJ

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1st July 2011, 15:41	#11
ujay Forum King Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London Posts: 6,072	A few observations on the new Shoutcast Radio page. The 'Classic' view is gone and has been replaced by an alternative listing. (3 line icon in VIEW). So I guess we have to make the best of it. PROs - Can be set to list 100 staions per page, maybe not as good as one whole list, but not so bad. Remembers column settings - Hooray. CONs - Does not remember selections from refresh to refresh, let alone session to session. No direct bookmarking. Useful for selecting a few stations to play later. As bookmarking now has to be done in Winamp, this means by Server only. This is far from satisfactory as broadcasters often get moved around by their service suppliers and the boookmark goes dead. This is back to the old days of chasing around to keep the list maintained all the time. With the introduction of static Station ID's Winamp was able to make bookmarks that took this into account. If a bookmark was dead you could usually be sure it was off air, rather than a broken link. Any chance we can get back to this ? Design - I'd like to see the Genres Selection box above the 'Popular Tags', not below. Anything that can be done to vary text size or colour would be welcome. Note. This is serverside code running in Winamp's browser, so going back to an earlier Winamp version will not change anything. Also, it could have been worked on as we speak, updating would be silent. Check the site page for latest features. UJ