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All Music Guide redesign
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:32 pm
by lukpac
Anyone else think the new redesign sucks? You now have to navigate through about 3x as many links as before. For instance, I wanted to find the review of the Beatles' "At Hollywood Bowl." Previously you'd do something like this:
1) Enter "Beatles" to search
2) click on "The Beatles"
2.5) click on "more" under compilations (sometimes)
3) scroll down to "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" and click on it
Now you have to:
1) Enter "Beatles" to search
2) click on "The Beatles"
3) click on "Discography"
4) click on "Compilations"
5) click on "Live at the Hollywood Bowl"
6) click on "read more"
Ok, maybe 2x as many links...
I mean, what's the point of having the entire review on a separate page from the tracklisting/release data?
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:49 pm
by Rspaight
Yes, it sucks. Much less useful. Maybe they're trying to cut down on content harvesting, but having to go to three or four different pages to find the same info you used to get in one is stupid.
Ryan
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:51 pm
by Patrick M
At the very least, I wonder why they decided to go with that large, useless header that takes up more space than the old design.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:19 pm
by Dob
I'm thinking that they wanted to segregate some of the information in a special "registered member" section...perhaps this is part of the reason that things are split up now.
Or...perhaps each click now brings up a separate ad, which means more money for allmusic. Also, they can keep better track of what information is accessed most. If you are a registered member, they can profile you better. Maybe all of the above.
Hey, I'm just glad it's still free!
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:51 pm
by Xenu
Heck, you hire web designers...
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:02 am
by Rspaight
Or...perhaps each click now brings up a separate ad, which means more money for allmusic.
Good point.
Ryan
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 2:25 pm
by Xenu
I haven't seen an add yet on the new allmusic.com, thanks to Mozilla's adblock!
(it even cleaned my house!)
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:35 am
by Beatlesfan03
Well it seems like all of you got a lot farther than me. Using Mozilla or IE, I cannot even initiate a search. I can only navigate the site if I choose one of the albums/artists listed on the front and even after that it still hangs up or sends me back to the home page.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:48 am
by lukpac
PC or Mac? What versions?
Search doesn't work in IE on the Mac for some reason. I've had no problems with Mozilla/Firefox on either platform. Don't think I've tried IE on the PC.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:15 am
by Patrick M
lukpac wrote:Search doesn't work in IE on the Mac for some reason.
Wow. They actually put this out there without testing it on IE for Mac. Unbelievable.