Design could definitely use some work. The header is off since the form elements don't actually fit into it. Make the header's height bigger. Your logo is likewise nonexistent. I don't like logos that take up an entire page, but I do like them to be prominent. Color scheme: gray, white, black = bad. Especially when you're dealing with music. Make it a bit more lively. And I agree with sri, it always looks better when the form elements line up.
Make the font size bigger as well. I think you're trying to minimize the screenspace you take up (?) but I'd rather scroll than squint. Hope this helps.
1. I tend to be listening to music when I am browsing the web, so it was kind of disruptive to have the playlists of others automatically load when I was looking at them. Might be better if they were stopped initially and I could choose ones I might want to hear.
2. Id probably like to do / see a little more before I registered. I don't like to just register for any site I stumble upon. I like to get a sense of what I am getting into first. The more I can do, the more likely I will register.
you can stream any mp3 with this right now ... there's no support for AAC at the moment by that shouldn't be difficult. hmm i assume you mean FairPlay encoded AAC, i doubt that will be possible since it's proprietary.
it's written in Java, using Icecast as the streaming client/server for now.
about the text boxes... i think I agree with you. i designed it that way to differentiate the credentials with the email, but with three fields, it doesn't really matter. i'll make the change.
i just noticed this -- i'm logged in
and i visit www.fluidplay.com, it doesn't redirect me to /sri, and i end up staring at the create form, and "sri, what it do, baby?" at the top. clicking on the "sri" (which is kinda small), takes me to /sri -- (i would consider the /sri part my dashboard, and should be redirected there if i am signed in, when visiting fluidplay.com....)
it just occurred to me that i should probably mention that the client is windows only for now. i have it running on my mac and linux, but haven't released it yet.
Make the font size bigger as well. I think you're trying to minimize the screenspace you take up (?) but I'd rather scroll than squint. Hope this helps.