Les suscribers de Last.fm auront eu le plaisir de voir que le site est passé en béta le 23 Juin. Ce service béta est bien entendu optionnel, pour ceux qui souhaite tester et aider à débugger le site.
Cette béta est supportée uniquement par Firefox 1.5 et Safari 2. Firefox 1.0 et Opéra 9 sont actuellement non supporté. En ce qui concerne Internet Explorer, son support est seulement partiel.
Les suscribers trouveront la nouvelle version béta à http://beta.last.fm
Mais pour faire plus simple, voici le communiqué officiel.
JUNE 23 BETA ANNOUNCEMENT
It’s beta time! The web team has busy working on an updated look and new features for Last.fm, and now it’s time for subscribers to have a play and kick the tyres.
So, after CAREFULLY READING THE NOTES BELOW, subscribers are invited to use this group’s forums to tell us what they think and to report any bugs. We still have a lot of work to do before this new version goes public, but we can’t do it without you! Have fun…
BETA RELEASE NOTES:
* THE BETA SITE IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Nothing you see is in its final form, so don’t panic. If something is broken, let us know. If you hate something, let us know. If you love something, set it free…er, let us know.* THE BETA SITE USES THE SAME DATABASE AS THE LIVE SITE
Anything you do or post on the beta site will also appear on the live site, so be careful when sending those secret confessions of love to non-subscribers! (The one exception is your friends list, see below.)* WE MAY NOT SUPPORT YOUR WEB BROWSER YET
Be sure to check our browser compatibility list.* SOME AREAS ARE STILL ON HOLIDAY
The About, Help, and Tools sections of the site (along with the download page and a few others) are currently still in development and most links to them have been disabled. If you stumble upon these sections, avert your eyes ? they will be replaced with drastically redesigned versions soon.* CHUNKY CHUNKY IMAGES
We are currently resizing many images in-browser, which means graphics may load more slowly and look a bit rough on some systems. We will further optimise all our images before the beta goes public.* WE’RE REDEFINING FRIENDSHIP
The new version of Last.fm changes the way friends work: we’re switching to the more traditional model of sending friend requests which are then accepted or declined. Here’s what this means for the beta:
1) Any mutual friends (you added them, they added you) from the old site are now your friends on the beta site.
2) One-way friendships have become friend requests that are currently pending.
3) Due to database issues, ANY FRIEND ACTIVITY ON BETA WILL NOT AFFECT THE LIVE SITE and will be wiped once the beta is complete, our apologies. We’d still love for you to test the beta’s friend features, don’t be afraid to try them.* SO WHAT’S NEW, ANYWAY?
That’s for you to discover! But there’s a new dashboard, more radio modes, recent tracks editing, more real-time info on your friends and neighbours, and I’ve heard a rumour about a light switch…
JUNE 23 BETA ANNOUNCEMENT – Last.fm
Je rappelerais juste aussi que l’abonnement à Last.fm ne coûte que 3? par mois pour écouter de la musique de mani?re illimitée et sans publicité 
J’essayerais de faire un résumé du test de la nouvelle version !