Niche Music and Technology

A few screenshots of the upcoming MySpace Music store/site have been leaked:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/22/leaked-myspace-music-screenshots/

I have to say that as I’ve been spending more time on MySpace I’ve been a bit less convinced that the music store would be as successful as I mentioned in this post. It crashed my browser a lot more than I’d remembered, not sure if it’s all the flash ads or the wacked-out profiles (which I love looking at, other than the crashiness that ensues), or something worse and totally malicious that happens to not be directed for my platform (Firefox or Safari on a Mac, in case anyone cares).

I’d imagine that they’d make sure the store doesn’t do the same, but if I’m looking at playlists on a profile and my computer freezes up, I’m going to be less inclined to take the trouble of restarting and going back to find out more about what I’d been listening too or looking at.