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cheshire137 / soma-chrome

Chrome extension to listen to SomaFM web radio stations from your browser.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/somaplayer/dpcghdgbhjkihgnnbojldhjmcbieofgo?hl=en&gl=US&authuser=1
MIT License
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Possible to add hints as to what stations will sound like? #32

Open corysimmons opened 8 years ago

corysimmons commented 8 years ago

It'd be nice to not have to go to https://soma.fm to see what a station will sound like (station names rarely help so I end up just listening to one or two):

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Is it asking too much to add these hints (on hover or a little clickable info icon) as to what a station will sound like?

If you're interested in something like this I could probably help by converting the select box to a div dropdown and adding in the relevant descriptions. If not, no biggie, still a cool extension. 👏

cheshire137 commented 8 years ago

I agree! Beyond just station descriptions, showing some artist names like on http://somafm.com/groovesalad/artists.html would be helpful. Hat tip to @rustyhodge for pointing me at this page.

I could probably help by converting the select box to a div dropdown

I have the station descriptions as tooltips in HuxleyFM in a div menu instead of a select menu, so the code could be copied from there, if you want.

corysimmons commented 8 years ago

tbh, I listen to Soma because I don't know any of the musicians so the station descriptions would be better for me anyway. I'm also not sure what the UI of a huge musician list in a small Chrome extension would look like.

I didn't realize there was a desktop app for this. I'd definitely switch if there was a way to minimize it to the taskbar, but I suppose that should be it's own issue/request.