*Sigh... Why is it whenever something makes changes to try to be better/simpler to use it only becomes more difficult/aggravating? Perhaps because we get accustomed to a certain number of steps to getting what we want accomplished. That is important for people who need that comfortable simplicity like me.
Things I'm not happy with concerning the new/current Live365 format:
1 The list of "Now Playing" songs are displayed in inverse descending order.
Example: If the playlist at the moment being aired consists of Rainbow Connection, followed by Halfway Down The Stairs, followed by *** Willow, then you'd expect the songs to be listed in that ascending order. Instead, they're listed inversely with *** Willow first, only to be replaced by the next song to air.
2 Whenever a period of free listening ends, or at least prompts you with the "Are You Still There?" so you can continue listening, there are two things I don't like with how it's set up now.
a. Before, it used to give you a chime to indicate when the prompt was coming and the song you were currently listening to would continue playing. Now it just automatically shuts down creating an unpleasant stop for the time you're scrambling to find how to keep the music going as a free listener.
b. That brings me to my next point... It used to be that when the "Are You Still There?" prompt came up, you could easily keep the music going by clicking on a "Continue" link. Now, you have to go to the top of the page and click "Play" as there's no longer a link marked as "continue".
3 Sometimes when I'm listening to MCR, I happen to get hiccups... A song will stop for a couple of seconds mid-word, then ensue after that pause from the syllable it left off of.
Also, I don't know if this is happening to other peoples... For some reason MCR is the only Live365 station listed on my presets that actually plays. I have another station called 60's Chart Toppers that just for some reason doesn't want to load/play. What's worse is I don't know how to submit feedback either to the station or Live365 asking how to fix the problem. Had to recur to another rock & roll station called AM Forever for the time being, and even its playlist isn't listing the songs being aired accurately.
It's frustrating and I'd like it much much better if things could go back to the way they were.