Thursday, December 21, 2006

Stage.FM - New Name, Same Great Taste

So, for anyone who doesn't know, Stage.FM is the new name/domain for the service formerly called Audiri. Hopefully the new name should be easier to remember/type. The name, however is not all we changed. Here's a quick list.
  • The Look - New and blue, the green needs some work, so be patient, we are still working out the kinks. Expect to see the look continuing to change
  • Member Profiles - Now everyone has a page, members can see what other members favorite bands are, and what other members are listening to. It's a great way to discover music, find someone who has similar tastes in music, and then listen to what they listen to.
  • Genres/Types of Music - No more hierarky, we now have what is called a tag cloud. Under music, click on a genre. That will take you to a page with songs that rank high in that genre. At the top it will also list related genres.
  • Search - We implemented a new search, so expect better results. The new engine has a better ability to match words based on proximinty, so expect a search for "green day" to return things with "green day" first, and things with "green is my favorite color, the other day I went fishing" to come up later.
  • Pictures - Every member can upload a picutre
  • Status - See when other people are online and what they are listening to
  • Player Fixed in Safari and Opera
  • Stats - See how often songs get played over time
So we also have a lot of new features coming up once the migration stuff settles down. Here's the rundown:
  • Multiple Playlists - (didn't make it into the first relase, but it's close)
  • Better stats
Also note that the video upload is removed for a few weeks, it should be up pretty soon (seriously)