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Spotify A/B testing new playbar?
7 years ago from Casey Britt, Design at Riot
I have a new layout this morning. Seems to only affect the play bar area and the side bar.
20 comments
Matt Castillo, 7 years ago
The sidebar looks updated, too. Yours is a lot darker, and doesn't have any icons for each category.
Mine looks like this:
Abhinav Chhikara, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )
Interesting, I have a different set of icons on mine:
Rik Roukens, 7 years ago
I've got it as well, looks nice and clean.. Yet to actually properly use it.
Andrius Petravicius, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )
I have the new UI and really digging it. Much cleaner and feels like it takes off some cognitive load from the user.
Joshua Newton, 7 years ago Want. Love the clarity here.
Jason M, 7 years ago They better not take away my full screen song progress track bar. Why would they not use the available real estate?
Precise control over song location is a big reason I feel Spotify is a better experience than iTunes.
Sebastian Speier, 7 years ago Bon Iver, huh? Casey, Casey, Casey…
Casey Britt, 7 years ago
Bon Iver is fantastic. Get out of here.
Daniel Golden, 7 years ago
I'm not seeing that yet. Maybe it is an A/B test.
Josiah D, 7 years ago
I hope it's only an A/B test, I assumed it was a new update we were simply stuck with. It's really been messing with me so far.
I wonder if part of the goal was to get a bunch of actionable areas directly under the advertising banner for free users?
I don't mind the new layout. Playbar reminds me more of Rdio :D
Mike Brand, 7 years ago
I miss Rdio SO MUCH
Nate v, 7 years ago
Me too.... hug?
Aprile Elcich, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )
I was inspired by the death of Rdio (r.i.p.) to design and build a new music player -> https://voltra.co
I keep finding myself automatically going to where the old UI was and clicking on empty space :(
Shane McCleery, 7 years ago
Same here NO THAT IS NOT THE NEXT SONG AREA ANYMORE SHANE, GET IT TOGETHER.
Morten Riis, 7 years ago
Crtl + arrow right/left
Cmd + arrow right/left on Mac i guess
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