Spotify on the Web
Consumer and social
music streaming client
SHOW HN2011
68points
37comments
#185of 1,097 in 2011
Top 17%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Execution: 3 for, 5 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Works well for many users with Premium accounts
From 4 comments
I have Spotify Premium and this works for me. Well done! Also just wrote feedback to Spotify to hire the maker and expand the web-client.
ivh on HNWorks wonderfully for me =] will the source be forthcoming?
cleverjake on HNWorks very fine for me here from Norway :) Congrats.. :)
guruz on HNthis half worked for me on the first attempt, not on the second, I pray to god that spotify pay you lots of money and you go make this official because it would be an awesome…
daleharvey on HN
Would like Spotify to make an official web client
From 4 comments
this half worked for me on the first attempt, not on the second, I pray to god that spotify pay you lots of money and you go make this official because it would be an awesome…
daleharvey on HNI have Spotify Premium and this works for me. Well done! Also just wrote feedback to Spotify to hire the maker and expand the web-client.
ivh on HNI just signed up to Spotify premium to try this, excellent work! It would be nice to see Spotify launch an official web based client.
citricsquid on HNwhich he has probably never seen because he lives in the US :) Great work though, it would be awesome to have a browser based spotify client!
balac on HN
Objections
Requires Spotify Premium credentials, a privacy concern
From 2 comments
Why would anyone post their credentials to a site like this? It doesn't matter what the disclaimer says, I've got my credit card connected to my account. Also, the domain name…
brodd on HNIf you're looking for work you should let people in without having to provide credentials that they may not have. (ie. I'm hiring and would like to see this but don't have…
petervandijck on HN
Does not work for unlimited accounts
From 1 comment
It's a shame this doesn't work for unlimited accounts. You'd have thought they wouldn't mind that, since unlimited has no ads either.
udp on HN
Connection and traffic errors during high load
From 3 comments
Pauses on 'Connecting...'. Chrome 11, OS X 10.6. Spotify premium account. Console log is: main: stack state changed => keygen all.js:122session: generating keys…
mikemaccana on HNI'm getting "Internal error message: Socket io error: Error #2031", which I'm guessing is a result of high traffic? Edit: nevermind, stopped now. Might have been because I had…
estel on HN"Internal error message: Socket io error: Error #2031" I have a premium account
pclark on HN
Does not work behind a firewall
From 1 comment
too bad it doesn't work behind a firewall... real nice work though :) any idea if there's a way to use ports 80 or 443? I guess we need to ask spotify for that right?
brugidou on HN
Requests
Provide screenshots
From 2 comments
Can somebody post screenshots etc, for the poor souls that don't have the capacity to try this out? edit: via @emiel (author's twitter) http://t.co/qE0s5hm
snissn on HNSince I live in the US, how about some screenshots?
thisisblurry on HN
Release the source code
From 1 comment
Works wonderfully for me =] will the source be forthcoming?
cleverjake on HN
Integrate with Grooveshark APIs
From 1 comment
how bout having the interface with grooveshark's APIs?
nubela on HN
Questions
What technology makes it Chrome only
From 2 comments
What tech does this use that makes it Chrome only?
robin_reala on HNLack of ogg support would rule out Safari. Not sure what Opera and Firefox are missing.
justincormack on HN
Is the domain registration private and is it safe to enter credentials
From 1 comment
Why would anyone post their credentials to a site like this? It doesn't matter what the disclaimer says, I've got my credit card connected to my account. Also, the domain name…
brodd on HN
Alternatives named
we7 web client
From 2 comments
For anyone in the UK, I recommend trying we7 (http://www.we7.com/) which is a similar service to Spotify and which which already has a web client.
chris_j on HNThat's not correct. We7 isn't just another web radio service. It absolutely is a service where you can listen to whatever you want, with a fairly decent selection of (major…
chris_j on HN