New Interface

ATTENTION ALL FIREFOX USERS.

I managed to get my Last.fm page looking like this using only a couple of scripts via Greasemonkey:

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2084/ant17smusicprofileusersnp1.jpg

Simply go here to install the Greasemonkey application for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

And go here to look for and install the scripts: http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=last.fm

And a as a quickie, here's a repost of the 'Paint It Black' theme for the new design: http://userstyles.org/styles/8671


AND ANOTHER BIG NOTE!

I just found out you can delete artists via the library... this keeps getting better!

Yep, just another "this is utter shite" post. Take heed, Last.fm: the new site sucks! I don't care how much you've paid your flash (no pun intended) new web developers. The red is awful, the layout is terrible and it doesn't feel like Last.fm anymore; it feels like MySpace, as some others have mentioned.

If there are no plans to allow us to return to the old style, don't be surprised when thousands of users close their accounts. Last.fm is a great service and now it's been ruined. Is this solely for profit? New "corporate vision" or mission statement? Regardless of *why* this happened, we need to be allowed the option of reverting to what *we* like, since we're the ones using the damn site.

The new site is terrible, the layout is confusing and awful and the aesthetics are appalling. Give us our old site back or give us an account deletion link.

El Casey has spoken.

People will always complain when there is a (drastic) change. It's a normal thing. But I did not expect the comments to be that negative and that many.
Personally, I preferred the old last.fm. I don't know why it had to change it in the first place.
Ok, there's the possibility of new features and new data system etc. But couldn't it be implemented into the old layout? Why the need for change?

I think last.fm was still growing and people were still discovering the site and joining. There was no need for a drastic revamp to attract more people. Or maybe they wanted a more facebook/myspace/whatever layout to attract a broader audience?

I hope everything turns out good in the end! :)

I think a lot of the users would gladly pay for your time , effort and money(loss) to get the old design back though..

I also hate the new layout. Pity you had to go and change it.

Is there an alternative to last.fm out there in case the change is permanent?

The radio layout is very inefficient and just don't look good

The most bothering thing at the new Last. fm is that the shoutbox is at the bottom of the page, unreasonably wide and ugly (and reminds MySpace).

Toooo briiiight! Looks waaay too much like facebook.

I really hate the new layout. Here's why.
1. It's ugly. The old format was aesthetically pleasing, but this one just has a ton of blank white space with a red strip at the top.
2. It added many useless features. I don't want my playlist, which I never use anyway, taking up a big chunk of space. The 'library' seems absolutely pointless to me. I don't want pictures of my top 8 artists on my page. If I wanted to see my library, I'd open up iTunes and look.
3. It takes much, much longer to load and won't even load on my other computer.
4. Too much scrolling. I couldn't imagine a computer monitor the correct size to show new last.fm pages without having to scroll left to right.
5. Charts got completely messed up. This is my biggest concern. The absolute most important part of last.fm got ruined for me. If you look at my overall charts, my 18th and 193rd artists' bars are completely level. One has 294 plays, the other has 7. This is completely stupid. Also, less artists are shown than before. This is probably because charts are smaller, which is stupid, as they are the most important thing on our profiles!
6. Tags are no longer different sizes. I loved that.
7. No more artist picture quilts.

There are a few things that I like, though, like:
1. Real-time scrobbling. I love this.
2. It's now much easier to see top artists/tracks for the past 7 days/3 months/6 months/overall. It's also much easier to set what you'd like as the default. However, this is partially ruined because it takes very long to load.
3. Recommendations are MUCH, MUCH better. They actually recommend things that are similar to what I listen to now.

However, the good does not nearly outweigh the bad. I am really disappointed with the new last.fm layout, and although I'm not going to leave last.fm, if an option to have the old layout back does not come, I will spend much less time on the site.

Still no good. The library gets in the way. Everything is too big and takes up too much space. I'm not blind. :[

I will promise to buy the most expensive subscription and keep subscribing for the rest of my life if you bring back the old site and make any further changes more subtle.

I feel like I'm on myspace, which I do not want to be reminded of whatsoever when on last.fm. Are we getting a stat showing our relationship status next ?
I also miss being able to see who visited my profile recently, this is a very very effective means of connecting us together and introducing us to new people (if its there, its clearly too annooying to discover based on the navigation). I also come from a Left to right reading country, so it seems senseless to have the blocks on the right.

You know, people will be resistant to change, but there is a difference between "OMG CHANGE NOOOO" and "Here is a logical summary of why this new design fails", which I have read many convincing versions of.