SoundCloud Instant

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music search

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SoundCloud Instant

I was playing around with the SoundCloud API earlier today, and I saw how easy it would be to make an…

news.ycombinator.com

#soundcloud#instant search#music search#audio streaming

7points
5comments
#912of 1,097 in 2011
Top 84%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.

Execution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun idea and a nice way to use SoundCloud without comments on each track

    From 2 comments
    • Awesome! It's nice to be able to use soundcloud without having to turn the comments off on each track. ;) Feature request: forward, back, working pause button, and auto start the…
      nostromo on HN
    • Cool project - I think that's really interesting... It might help if you gave the user some type of feedback that shows why a particular result is included (if you can). I…
      ScottWhigham on HN

Objections

  • Unclear why search results are included

    From 1 comment
    • Cool project - I think that's really interesting... It might help if you gave the user some type of feedback that shows why a particular result is included (if you can). I…
      ScottWhigham on HN
  • Playback not obvious; volume may be muted and clicking titles seems to do nothing

    From 1 comment
    • Cool project - I think that's really interesting... It might help if you gave the user some type of feedback that shows why a particular result is included (if you can). I…
      ScottWhigham on HN
  • Does not work in Firefox 8

    From 1 comment
    • Good start. Works in Chrome but not Firefox 8.
      sma on HN

Requests

  • Add forward, back, working pause, and auto-advance to next track

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome! It's nice to be able to use soundcloud without having to turn the comments off on each track. ;) Feature request: forward, back, working pause button, and auto start the…
      nostromo on HN
  • Link results to the track page or user profile

    From 1 comment
    • I was expecting the links to take me to the page (or even the user's page by clicking on the user's name).
      LearnYouALisp on HN
  • Show feedback explaining why a result matched

    From 1 comment
    • Cool project - I think that's really interesting... It might help if you gave the user some type of feedback that shows why a particular result is included (if you can). I…
      ScottWhigham on HN

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