New BoC Myspace

SonicDimension · Post by **SonicDimension** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:06 pm

Looks like Boards' Myspace page has a new layout:
http://www.myspace.com/abeautifulplace

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:45 pm

isn't it just the site wide new myspace beta layout?

Distant Nebulus · Post by **Distant Nebulus** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:11 pm

this^

ShammenDelly · Post by **ShammenDelly** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:31 pm

just the new myspace layout, they should have kept it old skool.
Myspace is a dead place anyways, and the new layout makes me sick, i cant go on myspace anymore without feeling sick and confussed.

Stry Craty Bya · Post by **Stry Craty Bya** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:33 pm

Ehhhh

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:36 pm

Oh wow that layout does suck

ryetronics · Post by **ryetronics** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:40 pm

MySpace sucks donkey

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:47 pm

i actually think the new layout is miles better than it was before.. it's definitely less ugly and more neat/clean

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:20 pm

I think it tries hard to be all web 2.0. am I the only one who prefers simple layouts more akin to "web 1.0"? Maybe I'm just old fashioned.

mondo swooper70 · Post by **mondo swooper70** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:55 pm

i agree i dont really like the new layout and yes it is only the new layout not a thing boc did lol

isawdrones · Post by **isawdrones** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:33 pm

just canceled my account, this site is done for. they keep digging themselves deeper into a hole with each update.

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:24 pm

isawdrones wrote:just canceled my account, this site is done for. they keep digging themselves deeper into a hole with each update.

contemplating on doing the same...ok, so a majority of people did leave with the rise of facebook, but nonetheless there was a really nice selection of musicians still active on the website...its a complete shambles at the moment. ah well.

isawdrones · Post by **isawdrones** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:02 am

bleak. wrote:
isawdrones wrote:just canceled my account, this site is done for. they keep digging themselves deeper into a hole with each update.
contemplating on doing the same...ok, so a majority of people did leave with the rise of facebook, but nonetheless there was a really nice selection of musicians still active on the website...its a complete shambles at the moment. ah well.

it was awesome like 04 -07, i could feel a little community, people were excited about creating layouts and identities for their pages etc... all of that's gone now in my perception. The navigation got so convoluted that i think it kind of killed the communities and discussions. Its just ugly too,..they are putting this mask of pseudo-hip minimalism over this system that is designed really poorly at the fundamental level.

Its been great not going on this last year and a half. I don't think there should be this one centralized site where every artist on the face of earth has a page, and we can share everything. Music shouldn't be so accessible and homogenized. Artists need to figure out a way of making things inaccessible in a way where its still open, i don't know. I like Soundcloud alot..its like "hey i made this waveform, check it out". thats how it should be...fuck pages

Stry Craty Bya · Post by **Stry Craty Bya** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:33 am

This quickly turned into a 'Myspace is dead and post why you think so' thread.

SonicDimension · Post by **SonicDimension** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:33 am

Fredd-E wrote:isn't it just the site wide new myspace beta layout?

I wonder how Boards feels about the re-arrangement. It definitely has a different feel without the sunset background and stuff. Are there any people in the Hexagon Sun collective that are into graphic/web design? I'm just curious because I think BoC could really benefit from an elegantly designed website. I hate how everything to do with Boards is scattered across half a dozen different sites.

softfokus · Post by **softfokus** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:33 am

not that it has much of an effect on my life, but i really dislike the new myspace layout.

what's wrong with www.boardsofcanada.com ?

SonicDimension · Post by **SonicDimension** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:12 am

softfokus wrote:what's wrong with www.boardsofcanada.com ?

Besides the fact that there is almost no information on it and it apparently has not been updated in years, it looks like it was designed in 1998. I think it could be much more creative. It would be nice if they had a single site with band info, music, videos, art, etc. that was completely designed by them or someone close to them.

Kinski · Post by **Kinski** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:34 am

SonicDimension wrote:
softfokus wrote:what's wrong with www.boardsofcanada.com ?
Besides the fact that there is almost no information on it and it apparently has not been updated in years, it looks like it was designed in 1998. I think it could be much more creative. It would be nice if they had a single site with band info, music, videos, art, etc. that was completely designed by them or someone close to them.

yeah. it needs more flash so that every time i go there my pc will freeze and ram will catch on fire.

it looks just fine, come on. bands stopped doing elaborated sites like 5 years ago, and it's boc we're talking about here. also, everything you need is on bocpages.

first post, btw. hi all!

Pantheon · Post by **Pantheon** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:43 pm

Kinski wrote:
yeah. it needs more flash so that every time i go there my pc will freeze and ram will catch on fire.

...

first post, btw. hi all!

Lol + Heya.

As for the website:

Im just going to throw this out there, why doesnt someone try and get in contact with the members to arrange a new site competition? Like the Oneontwoism microsite competition. Or the fan made video compo.

Its such a long shot, but if it were to happen that would be amazing.

Isnt that also the kind of 'can do' comunity spirit that the boc folks like?

Snufkin · Post by **Snufkin** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:44 pm

MySpace sucks so much it makes me want to pee on my own socks and then put them on, in the cold weather.

-Snuf