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We're gonna need a bigger boat: Grooveshark attacks your desktop
Damn you, Grooveshark! I've been doing just fine without any Adobe Air applications installed on my system. But you come along and release a standalone interface, and now I'm hooked.
As Sebastien reported with Waver, the Grooveshark Air app seems to be a bit more smooth and responsive than the browser-based version. Whatever the reason, as a guy that runs on unstable, developer-channel browsers that have a penchant for crashing, it's nice to have my streaming audio running stably in its own app.
The app's system tray icon provides pause, skip, and previous controls, and notifications with album art and track info can also be set to appear in whichever corner you prefer.
Grooveshark Desktop is currently for VIPs only. If you have a $3/month paid account, just sign in and head to your account page (or click here) to download Desktop. Adobe Air is required, but as long as you have the Flash Player plugin the install just takes a couple of clicks and some patience.
So now I've got a great out-of-browser way to access Grooveshark on my desktop. I wonder when I'll be able to do this on my iPod Touch? Soon, I hope.
As Sebastien reported with Waver, the Grooveshark Air app seems to be a bit more smooth and responsive than the browser-based version. Whatever the reason, as a guy that runs on unstable, developer-channel browsers that have a penchant for crashing, it's nice to have my streaming audio running stably in its own app.
The app's system tray icon provides pause, skip, and previous controls, and notifications with album art and track info can also be set to appear in whichever corner you prefer.
Grooveshark Desktop is currently for VIPs only. If you have a $3/month paid account, just sign in and head to your account page (or click here) to download Desktop. Adobe Air is required, but as long as you have the Flash Player plugin the install just takes a couple of clicks and some patience.
So now I've got a great out-of-browser way to access Grooveshark on my desktop. I wonder when I'll be able to do this on my iPod Touch? Soon, I hope.
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Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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lolMYNEWAIMSNlol said 5:30PM on 10-27-2009
VIP Only? It's cool, I'll just wait for Spotify.
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Jeff Hesser said 8:27AM on 10-28-2009
haha. spotify is $15 a month in the UK but $3 is too much for you? I've never used this service but it seems popular so i'm guessing the $3 premium isn't going to detour the service's fans.
Veloxi said 7:11PM on 10-27-2009
Question, I've just recently heard of this Grooveshark thingy, and I'm wondering, how would y'all say it compares to Pandora in terms of musical selection and what not? Is that even a fair comparison? Thanks in advance. ^_^
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rob_yeo said 8:52PM on 10-27-2009
@Veloxi http://www.the20life.com/2008/09/08/8-reasons-groovesharks-better-than-pandora/
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Shaneo said 6:11PM on 10-30-2009
I use Grooveshark frequently, as a free member (don't use it quite enough to need a paid subscription) i find it's one of the best sites to stream music, though my only problem with is is that sometimes upon clicking an artist name, song results vary, i.e a song that I have listened to on GS before doesn't appear, but if I search the direct name it does...odd I know maybe it's better VIP
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