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music visualisation

SHOW HN2012

17points
11comments
#1,010of 1,677 in 2012
Top 61%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 2 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.

Idea: 1 for, 2 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Cool, neat idea and nice UI

    From 3 comments
    • Cool idea. Would like to read more about some of these genres, but can't get to the link quick enough before it fades away!
      davidbrent on HN
    • nice. how to force it to show electronica? I keep refreshing and all it comes is indie-something and rock. I got techno once, but when clicked it it showed some christian rock,…
      zalew on HN
    • Not the most graphically efficient demo I've ever seen, but neat.
      mistercow on HN

Objections

  • Random or broken behaviour; results unrelated to what's on screen

    From 3 comments
    • Seems totally random or broken. Whatever is on screen is completely unrelated (IMHO) and clicking on one thing takes you to something random. What's it supposed to do?
      davedx on HN
    • I keep getting 'Wood' and 'Poland', as well as occasional articles on wrestlers. When it works, it works well, though.
      tshadwell on HN
    • nice. how to force it to show electronica? I keep refreshing and all it comes is indie-something and rock. I got techno once, but when clicked it it showed some christian rock,…
      zalew on HN
  • Unclear usefulness; clicking genres gives a large grey blob

    From 1 comment
    • How is this useful? It shows how genres are related but if I click on two genres, it's a large grey ball of relations which shows exactly nothing except there are huge…
      donum on HN
  • Slow to add genres and no caching

    From 2 comments
    • 1. no cache?! what year is this?! 2010?! 2. keeps automatically refreshing/restarting the graph every time I switch the tabs in Chrome 19. 3. at my first refresh I think it…
      icehero on HN
    • Takes to long to add rap music and country music. Could you add a feature to specify the Genre you want to add?
      joeblau on HN
  • Graph is graphically inefficient and restarts when switching tabs

    From 2 comments
    • Not the most graphically efficient demo I've ever seen, but neat.
      mistercow on HN
    • 1. no cache?! what year is this?! 2010?! 2. keeps automatically refreshing/restarting the graph every time I switch the tabs in Chrome 19. 3. at my first refresh I think it…
      icehero on HN

Requests

  • Let users specify which genre to add

    From 2 comments
    • Takes to long to add rap music and country music. Could you add a feature to specify the Genre you want to add?
      joeblau on HN
    • nice. how to force it to show electronica? I keep refreshing and all it comes is indie-something and rock. I got techno once, but when clicked it it showed some christian rock,…
      zalew on HN
  • Make links readable before they fade away

    From 1 comment
    • Cool idea. Would like to read more about some of these genres, but can't get to the link quick enough before it fades away!
      davidbrent on HN

Questions

  • What is it supposed to do?

    From 1 comment
    • Seems totally random or broken. Whatever is on screen is completely unrelated (IMHO) and clicking on one thing takes you to something random. What's it supposed to do?
      davedx on HN
  • Are duplicated nodes meaningful or a bug?

    From 1 comment
    • Can anyone tell if the duplicated nodes has any meaning at all? Or, is only a bug?
      aeurielesn on HN

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