SoundCloud without the stupid CSS files

Re:SoundCloud without the stupid CSS files by ddfreyne on Monday January 21, 2013 @01:33PM (#5092874)

I admit that the behavior is quite odd at first, but once you get used to it, it is really useful. It is the behavior you would expect in a desktop app — for example, you wouldn’t want iTunes to stop playing when you select a playlist, would you?

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Re:SoundCloud without the stupid CSS files by walls on Monday January 21, 2013 @02:12PM (#5093122)

Yes, that would be expected if I selected a playlist. Unfortunately, if I link you directly to a single song, and you click play, SoundCloud decides you came wanting to hear music for as long as the tab is open.

All of this ignores the fact there's no way (that I've found, and no, I'm not signing up) to disable 'automatic playlist' behavior. Worse than that, there's no obvious way to just STOP the second track without navigating away.

Hell, the only indicator that a second song is even playing, other than my seething rage, is the 50px wide audio visualization tucked away in the top bar.

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Re:SoundCloud without the stupid CSS files by drkmtr999 on Monday January 21, 2013 @01:50PM (#5092967)

He's not talking about playing a playlist. Usually, users create and manage playlists. Are you familiar?

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Re:SoundCloud without the stupid CSS files by ddfreyne on Monday January 21, 2013 @02:03PM (#5093065)

I was using iTunes playlists as an example that switching to different parts of the UI does not interrupt playback.

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Re:SoundCloud without the stupid CSS files by mpyne on Monday January 21, 2013 @02:05PM (#5093071)

But was the OP talking about that? It sounded like he was complaining that music continued to play from somewhere after the one song was linked to finished.

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