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Fix and remove annoying web elements such as sticky headers, floating boxes, floating videos, dickbars, social share bars and other distracting elements.
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SoundCloud player controls position discussion redux #329

Open ghost opened 3 years ago

ghost commented 3 years ago

I would like to bring back the SoundCloud.com player controls position discussion (#104, #141, #265, #262).

I'm curious what people's thoughts are on reverting the player controls to SoundCloud's default fixed position at the bottom of the page.

I've found that having the SoundCloud player controls not fixed to the bottom has actually made using the site more annoying, since I constantly have to scroll to the top of the page and then back down it and find where I was, repeatedly.

I think that for music websites like Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud etc, where the music player UI is essential, we should consider keeping the player UI in its original fixed position since it is the part of these sites that is central to the user experience.

I propose a few directions we could go:

  1. For music sites, keep the player controls in their original fixed positions (my preference)
  2. Figure out how to treat other music sites (e.g., Spotify) like SoundCloud has been treated (seems challenging and maybe difficult to maintain; perhaps a separate list would make more sense for achieving this?)
  3. Keep the SoundCloud changes, but make them optional? (Like a supplementary list maybe?)

I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

yourduskquibbles commented 3 years ago

I think maybe making an optional soundcloud exclusion list that user can subscribe to would be ideal scenario that would cancel out the main filters.

I personally like the filters but can see how some users would find the behavior annoying like you describe

ghost commented 3 years ago

I think a separate filter list for SoundCloud would be great!