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Felipe Glauber Lima Rodrigues

New Spotify Web Player - Spotify new UI for web player (no more Adobe Flash)

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Kate
Geeking out right now. I've been waiting for this update for what feels like forever! I'm a member of Spotify's beta group (Soundwave, soon to be retired 😢) and eliminating Flash was my #1 recommendation / complaint with the music sharing process on Spotify. So pumped to see my ideas + opinions turn into real changes + features!
Troy Ruediger
@katesegrin this is awesome I wanna be in the beta testing group? ☺️
Ben King
You can no longer queue up songs, which I'd consider to be a pretty fundamental feature of a music player. I don't understand why Spotify keep regressing their various clients.
André J
@benkingntu Less is more? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Adriano Cahete
@benkingntu "MVP"? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Baard O. Hansen
Not working. I still get a message saying "Please enable flash to use the Spotify web player"
Raj
@ibaard It is in beta, so I guess it's only available for select accounts. For others, it is simply a launcher to their desktop app.
Gabriel Lewis
I can't believe flash player is now being replaced 😱
Alexis Kim
interesting... so you can't search for specific songs/musicians in this version, which means that the curated stuff is forced upon me. Not the best feeling and a big con for me tbh.
André J
@carmensandiego It's Aprils fools day 🤣. Spotify will dismantle Flash in 2023..maybe
Alexis Kim
@eonpilot ooh im so dumb...
Stas Shyshkin
I'd been using Apple Music for a while when I discovered Spotify, and I must admit it's an entirely different experience. Way better recommendations, playlist and overall look of the application. The only drawback is that it is still not available legally in Ukraine (where I am from) so it's a bit inconvenient to use VPN to access the service all the time. So I (and many other Ukrainians I believe) will really appreciate if Spotify is available here:)
Ton
Finally!! I say: good riddance. Glad to see the old Flasher going to sleep with the fishes. If only the web player can be just what it's supposed to be: a web player, and not an app launcher. Can't be too hard to implement, right?
Nikola Novakovic
It looks gorgeous :)
André J
@eldsjal Any new bells and whistles other than dropping flash?
Jasper van der Meij
@eonpilot @eldsjal Quite simplified compared to the previous interface, which is a good thing I think. It is more of a player than copying the native app online.
Nick Nish
Spotify is so consistently good at UI design! Great job to the team over there.
J.D. Lindsay
Finally! I love my web apps Edit: Wow, how in the world do I use this thing? No search button, no familiar UI pattern. 😒
Victor Landau
The transition is not really smooth: - I used to directly go to play.spotify.com/discover. Now this page is redirected to a not found page - No message to welcome to the new interface. A bit confusing since the urls change On top of that AdBlock used to block audio Ads on the old interface. Not on the new interface ;)
Josh Puetz
Jebus, about time. It would still be better to actually open Spotify instead of being bounced to the web player.
Lucas Braum
They are lacking some features on this new UI, for example search for friend's playlist. I would rather keep using the old interface.
Andrew Spear
As someone who switched from Spotify to AppleMusic a year ago, this web player is really great to see. The only thing I really missed about Spotify were the discovery features and peer-created playlists. This web app serves those up those in a slick Flashless web package and I'll admit I have had it playing in a pinned tab all week (and haven't opened iTunes once).