Comments on: Webmaster Radio Still Fails at Technology http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/ Sat, 29 May 2010 14:08:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-380 John Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:40:03 +0000 http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/#comment-380 I was a long time listener and chatter over at WMR. I used to tell people to chill out when they came in wondering about when a new episode of a show was going to come up or when that show would be available for download. For the three years I stuck around this has always been an issue with WMR. It took awhile but I eventually grew tired of that. The subscription base idea was the straw that broke the camels back for me. I had slowly stopped listening to the shows (mostly rerun after rerun anyways) to begin with so why on earth would I pay for commercial free archived shows simply because I wasn’t around for a new episode? WMR was a great resource for me once upon a time, it is unfortunate the path they appear to be heading down. Is anyone else doing it better... or I should ask if ANYONE else has other webmaster radio type services? JJ I was a long time listener and chatter over at WMR. I used to tell people to chill out when they came in wondering about when a new episode of a show was going to come up or when that show would be available for download. For the three years I stuck around this has always been an issue with WMR.

It took awhile but I eventually grew tired of that. The subscription base idea was the straw that broke the camels back for me. I had slowly stopped listening to the shows (mostly rerun after rerun anyways) to begin with so why on earth would I pay for commercial free archived shows simply because I wasn’t around for a new episode?

WMR was a great resource for me once upon a time, it is unfortunate the path they appear to be heading down.

Is anyone else doing it better… or I should ask if ANYONE else has other webmaster radio type services?

JJ

]]> By: Ken Savage http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Ken Savage Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:00:28 +0000 http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/#comment-379 Call me crazy but wouldn't it be easier to fire off an email with suggestions in the same time it took to write this post, Dave? I think Daron has someone developing this for him so he probably doesn't know the technology. Call me crazy but wouldn’t it be easier to fire off an email with suggestions in the same time it took to write this post, Dave?

I think Daron has someone developing this for him so he probably doesn’t know the technology.

]]> By: david http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/comment-page-/#comment-383 david Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:54:31 +0000 http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/#comment-383 Thank you for that useless piece of advice. Thank you for that useless piece of advice.

]]> By: BG http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-382 BG Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:51:14 +0000 http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/#comment-382 Just use cURL. It works like a charm Just use cURL. It works like a charm

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]]> By: Adam http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Adam Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:44:07 +0000 http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/#comment-385 Yeah it's been painful lately. It seems as though they almost try to be bad with making the site hard to use. It takes about a year to either roll something back or make a simple correction. You point an error out and they bite your head off instead of saying thanks. I think they are trying to make people pay for a subscription with slow downloads, screwed up audio files, etc. The problem is, many don't want to pay for something that is messed up in the free preview. Files are hard to download for mp3 players, filenames don't have dates or show names, many shows just don't happen regularly at all, the list goes on. Going into 2008, it can be done better. Yeah it’s been painful lately. It seems as though they almost try to be bad with making the site hard to use. It takes about a year to either roll something back or make a simple correction. You point an error out and they bite your head off instead of saying thanks.

I think they are trying to make people pay for a subscription with slow downloads, screwed up audio files, etc. The problem is, many don’t want to pay for something that is messed up in the free preview. Files are hard to download for mp3 players, filenames don’t have dates or show names, many shows just don’t happen regularly at all, the list goes on. Going into 2008, it can be done better.

]]> By: nate http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-384 nate Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:42:07 +0000 http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2007/12/27/webmaster-radio-still-fails-at-technology/#comment-384 It's pissing me off that they aren't letting you listen to full episodes anymore either. Those ones your downloading aren't the full episodes. It’s pissing me off that they aren’t letting you listen to full episodes anymore either. Those ones your downloading aren’t the full episodes.

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