Last week I complained about LaLa's Revamped site. Today: what I like about LaLa.
What I Like About LaLa
I love the fact that I can now listen to my own playlist. It's also terrific that I can easily add an entire CD, or individual cuts, to my playlist. (LaLa used to call the playlist a radio station, and the rule was that radio owners couldn't listen to their own stations. I skirted the regulation by not logging in to LaLa, going to my station, and listening anyway.)
LaLa now has a small, handy applet that sits in the System Tray icon to let you see what's playing, stop the music, or move to the next track.
Something else you might like: LaLa works with iTunes and your iPod. That really hampers me and my Creative Zen (blog); I may have to break down, join the 21st century, and get an iPod.
LaLa Responds
I sent the LaLa rep a note with all of yesterday's complaints about the redesign. He replied and here are a few excerpts.
"We've been experiencing an enormous amount of traffic over the last 24 hours, so this likely accounts for the slow speeds."
"This is just the first iteration, a beta, we'll be making it more intuitive and will be improving functionality and ease of use. And as always, we wanted to get this release out there, so our members and users could guide us in development and fine tuning."
"We made the decision to support only the iPod at launch as the market has clearly spoken on its device of choice. We're attempting to get as many people as possible into checking out more music, so the iPod was the logical place to start. We will certainly support other platforms."
Your Opinion?
LaLa's free music really is cool. Once you try it, lemme know what you think.
Did I miss something? How is it November already?