If you don't know what Pandora is:
Basically, you enter an artist or song name, and it plays music that's melodically related to that artist/song name. You can "thumbs down" a song, which'll cause the station to stop playing songs that sound like that, or "thumbs up" the song which'll cause the station to play more music/artists that sound like that. The longer your station goes on, the more specific it becomes.
Or ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora.com
Hey.
I'm sure some of y'all use pandora.com. It's a dynamic web radio available to Americans only. Using the website version can suck, 'cause Flash is rather unstable. Thankfully, there's an Adobe AIR applications called "dorame" that acts as a desktop application for Pandora. Pandora's desktop application is only available to premium members, so this is a nice alternative. You need
Adobe AIR installed to run the program. Get the program here ->
http://dorame.zduo.net/lastest/dorame.air
You can also minimize it to the system tray if you want.
Here's an SS of me running it now.
![[Image: 21m9dh3.png]](http://i42.tinypic.com/21m9dh3.png)
NOTE: It doesn't add any functionality to Pandora. It just acts as a desktop version of it.
Enjoy!
I used to use Pandora, but I switched to Slacker. Pandora may have a bit more variety, but slacker seems to sound better. I'm actually listening to Slacker right now.
(05-16-2010, 02:23 AM)Genequil Wrote: [ -> ]I used to use Pandora, but I switched to Slacker. Pandora may have a bit more variety, but slacker seems to sound better. I'm actually listening to Slacker right now.
From what I have read online, Pandora has a better system for finding music (more precise), but Slacker has great pre-made radios. I've personally never used Slacker, but I might in the future.
Quote:It's a dynamic web radio available to Americans only.
I bet i can make it available to me if i use an American proxy, though smooth streaming could be an issue.
Does slacker allow canada? (Pandora doesn't)
Awesome! I never knew that you could get a desktop version. Absolutely awesome! Thank you for this. I do have a question though. Is there a way to change the way that the program skin looks? Does it just use the Windows theme?
(05-16-2010, 01:07 PM)KoG Khaos Wrote: [ -> ]Awesome! I never knew that you could get a desktop version. Absolutely awesome! Thank you for this. I do have a question though. Is there a way to change the way that the program skin looks? Does it just use the Windows theme?
It comes with several different skins. But, as far as I know, you can't download additional skins for it. I screenshotted and highlighted where you can change the skins:
![[Image: acmyd.png]](http://i43.tinypic.com/acmyd.png)
(05-16-2010, 01:18 AM)Elektrisk Wrote: [ -> ]If you don't know what Pandora is:
Basically, you enter an artist or song name, and it plays music that's melodically related to that artist/song name. You can "thumbs down" a song, which'll cause the station to stop playing songs that sound like that, or "thumbs up" the song which'll cause the station to play more music/artists that sound like that. The longer your station goes on, the more specific it becomes.
Or -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora.com
Hey.
I'm sure some of y'all use pandora.com. It's a dynamic web radio available to Americans only. Using the website version can suck, 'cause Flash is rather unstable. Thankfully, there's an Adobe AIR applications called "dorame" that acts as a desktop application for Pandora. Pandora's desktop application is only available to premium members, so this is a nice alternative. You need Adobe AIR installed to run the program. Get the program here ->
http://dorame.zduo.net/lastest/dorame.air
You can also minimize it to the system tray if you want.
Here's an SS of me running it now.
NOTE: It doesn't add any functionality to Pandora. It just acts as a desktop version of it.
Enjoy!
I used to use this on my itouch. Mobile wifi too so it was pretty nice
good post.
I used Pandora before it became a US-only service. It has a very precise genre selector.