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Hover over album name in New Releases no longer works after update

Prior to your new design update a few weeks ago you could hover over an album name in the New Releases list to get some basic info about the album, namely the release date which is useful for determining if this is a new release or a reissue. This no longer works after the design update. Please bring this feature back.

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Hi Jason,

We always called these little hover boxes "Tooltips" and when researching this redesign, we found that the vast majority of other sites have done away with this kind of pop-up on their sites. Some users did like them, but others found them to be a nuisance when just moving their mouse cursor across the page.

In addition, they were a bit of a technical headache to maintain (the widget that we were using to have the info pop in was no longer being supported). Hover-over tooltips also aren't able to be implemented in mobile (where the majority of our traffic is).

We opted to not implement them, and wanted to wait for user feedback to see if anyone was using them. If there is a massive public outcry we may try to see if we can work them back into the site using new code or a new tool. If most users didn't use them or are glad to see them gone then they will likely remain retired.

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JB

Thanks for the reply. Certainly understand why they are gone. Without them, as I go through the new releases, I now open each album I'm interested in in a new tab which generally isn't a problem. But some of the ads on your site are extremely resource intensive so if I end up with a bunch of tabs open it not only locks up my browser (Chrome) but it also locks up my OS (Linux mint).

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