Ideas which will be added in future

• Multiple artists with the same name / Merging of multiple artist profiles / Incorrectly merged artists. This problem will hopefully be solved by Fingerprinting. You can read about that on the blog - 1, 2, 3, 4. This should allow the system to merge multiple profiles for one artist into one page containing all of the data. It will also make it possible to remove incorrect artist moderations from the old moderation system, and hopefully allow the system to tell the difference between multiple artists who share a name.
  
• Volume normalization is happening as we speak, but due to the amount of tracks it's taking a while. Replay Gain is the method being used.
  
• Mobile/lite version - that is, a version of the site optimized for browsing on cellphones - http://m.last.fm/. Obviously far from finished and not officially released yet, but it is available. ( http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/435359 )

Ideas which won't or can't be added

• HTML/CSS editing of your profile page will never happen. Ever. Don't even ask. But BBCode works. ;)
  
• Changing usernames is not likely to be possible at any time.
  
• Pause button. See "Why is my listening restricted?" below.
  
• Editing scrobbles (because the title was spelt wrongly, etc.) is not possible, once a scrobble enters your account you cannot alter it (but it can be deleted). However, when the moderation and merging system (see the first item in this post) is introduced, it should at least partially solve problems caused by things such as incorrect spellings of artist names.
  
• Deleting individual posts (from threads) doesn't work for technical reasons.
  
• Artist Discussion forums. Use Group forums for this. If your artist doesn't have a group, feel free to make one. The problem with having a lot of "official" Last.fm forums is that someone needs to moderate them.
  
• Higher quality radio streams. mustaqila said:
  We use custom in-house streaming software that had been made specifically to stream 128k CBR MP3s for a number of performance reasons and also as a somewhat preventative measure to stop stream ripping. Ever notice how you can only ever play the track in real time. Changing the serverside software to play other formats and bitrates would be a massive undertaking. ( http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/426681 )

Ideas which may be added in future

• Charts reflecting track length. Russ said:
  What I'm saying is that it's impractical to do at this time. It'll take a lot of effort for very little gain. But we are considering it, and I'd like to do it at some point, but there are more important things to do. ( http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/49226 )
  
• Support [insert language here]! - support for new languages will be added when the staff feel there is enough demand. Read this post for an explanation of why it cannot be done by the last.fm community - that particular thread refers to a Serbian translation, but the post applies equally to all other languages, too.
  
• Higher quality downloads.mustaqila said:
  The idea has been raised before and isn't one which we're just ignoring, so the possibility is there that it may be implemented for tracks where we have the resources to offer this service. I can't say if and when though. ( http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/426681 )

Support [insert media player here]!

• The last.fm submission protocol is open-source, the documentation can be found at audioscrobbler.net. If you have programming knowledge you may be able to create the plug-in yourself, if you don't it's worth asking in the community (on last.fm or on your media player's website) if somebody else is willing to do it for you. Note that not all players support third-party plugins, it may be impossible for anybody other than the developers of the media player to add a scrobbling function.
  
• The Ruckus player is one of these programmes which does not support third-party plug-ins, so if you want to scrobble it you'll have to ask their developers
  
• Deezer is also closed-source, and scrobble support would have to be added by the Deezer developers. It has been suggested to them in the past, but it's not known whether they have plans to implement it.
  
• Microsoft Zune and Creative Zen mp3 players are not officially supported by last.fm, but the Zenses software is able to provide scrobbling support for some models

Why is my listening restricted?
The restrictions on listening are based on complex licensing regulations. The Last.fm staff allow as much freedom of listening as is possible, but the licensing issues place a limit on this.

You promised us [insert feature here], when will it be implemented? - The generic answer to this question for EVERY idea is: As soon as it can be got to. The devs are working around the clock to get these issues resolved. (Sleep is for the weak.) What may seem like a simple thing to you may not be so simple on a system as extensive as Last.fm, so it may take time. Some bugs and ideas may also not be as important to the devs as they are to you. Add to that: If the devs give a specific date, and are unable to get it fixed by then, the whiners come out of the woodwork. So please, don't ask.

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New site: If there's a feature that you can't find on the new version of the site, see this thread.

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That's it. The Previously Suggested Ideas v3.0 thread (or more like, Previously Suggested Ideas Which We Actually Know The Answer For). Written by TheMannen, DFA1979 and a little bit of leftovers from johnli. If you think something is unclear, have spotted a typo, broken link or for whatever reason think it should be edited, PM me. Also, the text below that is supposed to show who last edited this post lies. It's TheMannen, 8 Oct 2008, 17:36 CET.