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Last.fm gets a makeover

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Last.fm gets a makeover
It’s pretty common for people to get upset when their favorite websites undergo a huge redesign. So the folks behind Last.fm must have been nervously anticipating a backlash when they launched a new look for the site this week. Sure enough, the Last.fm forums are full of complaints. There’s even a “Fuck the new Last.fm” group for the disenchanted, and the picture decorating this post is an avatar that a growing number of users are adopting.

The most common complaint so far is that the site is running far slower than usual. If you can get it to load, then you’ll find a host of new features. You can build up a library of songs on the site, and the home page now shows all your recent activity. But with Pandora reaching new heights of popularity thanks to its iPhone app, the developers at Last.fm couldn’t have picked a worse time for their site to slow down like this.
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The new features seem pretty awesome and I like the new redesign.

Then again a site that's super slow doesn't seem to be a good trad-eoff.

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I think I like it. I'm not sure yet. I haven't quite figured out where everything is now, and I keep giving up when the bloody thing won't load.

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Yeah, I like it, but I don't want it to be slow, tho.

My usesrname is Banger- if anyone wants...TO BE MY BUDDY!

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Now who would ever want to be Banger's buddy?

Not me, I say.

I haven't checked it out yet.

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i'm a fan of the redesign too. it hasn't been slow at all for me, and i'm liking the new look.

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I like the new look it's nice to look at.I can't wait to explore through it.

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I quite like it. People are just adverse to change.

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The events page loads a lot faster now, which is always a good thing.

Nathan

It looks like a domain squatting spam site, totally dumbed down for the myface crowd

Eric

I cannot stand the new design. It is impractical and slow.

FM

I don't have a problem with change.. I have a problem with this change. No longer a social music revolution.. just a social advertising revolution.

Heidi

Like it??? You can't be serious. It is the most unfriendly user interface i've ever seen. The "Bring Back The Old LastFM group is now over ten thousand listeners.

Markmire

I'm not adverse to change, I'm adverse to things that don't reach user standars. New last.fm fails to reach those standars.

Miasma

It sucks.

Victor Vilma

The new design is terrible. It's laughable to even contemplate someone considering the notion that it doesn't suck.

Torrence

I like some of the new applications (like being able to create more than one playlist), but I haven't been able to get anything to work properly since it happened. Aesthetically, I agree the site looks like MySpace's retarded brother.

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