Reviews for Worldwide Radio
Worldwide Radio by Oleksandr
1,275 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Daniel Reinhard, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Robert, 4 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Sans Undertale, 4 years agoLoading the extension window is a little clunky, which is the only reason I'm giving this four instead of five stars, but otherwise this is the best online radio experience I can find on Windows, and a wonderful gem of an extension all the same. I love this, as do hundreds if not thousands of other users. Thank you. All I can ask at this point is that you keep maintaining the extension (I noticed it hasn't been updated since 2020).
PS: If you're having trouble loading certain streams/stations, try disabling HTTPS Only Mode and using Smart HTTPS instead. - Rated 5 out of 5by Carrie, 4 years agoIf anyone is wondering why BBC channels are now blocked on the app, it's because BBC now has to collect statistics about listener numbers in order to justify its licence fee to the UK government. Disappointing, but there you go ...Otherwise, I've found the app reliable and easy to use.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16805234, 4 years agoDer Sender Antenne Brandenburg funktioniert nicht mehr. Er hat jetzt ander Daten zum streamen. Bitte ändern, Danke
The antenna Brandenburg transmitter no longer works. He now has other data to stream. Please change, thank you - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16075872, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Marco, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16794767, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by TELLALL4ALL, 4 years ago8-15-24: Mozilla is weak. They cannot respond to the reasons why this addon is banned by brave browser as "malware". They cannot find a decent radio program and this one that the "recommend" is garbage. Requires constant re-installs, can't search stations. Incompatible with other ffox add-ons, can't keep settings, slow, unreliable interface. The guy that authors this needs to sell it to someone who knows how to program because he obviously does not. Junkware. ANd Mozilla is too weak to find anything better.
7-29-24: Hasn't gotten better. "developer" can't fix it. Requires frequent re-installs. Server response is very slow and iffy. Can't search for station often. Banned by Brave as malware. Developer needs to sell it to someone who has the skills to fix it. Choppy station feed cuts in and out all the time. Junk addon. Trouble is Mozilla can't find a decent radio program so they "recommend" this piece of junk
6-12-24: no improvement. Need to find a "developer" who knows how to program. Pathetic that this is the best Mozilla has to offer really.
10-20-23: Developer, sell your program or give it to someone who can develop it properly as you are incapable of doing it. Can't keep settings requires frequent reinstalls. server is slow to respond. Stations connections are flaky and interrupted often. Developer has no interest in improving the program or doesn't have the skills to do it.
9-11-23 Ratings here are from people with LOW expectations. Nothing changed, works I estimate about 70% of the time. Guy must have a slow server or bad net connection it's so slow to respond, requires frequent reinstalls because program cannot keep your id. Stations mostly will not accept non-USA based proxies and won't connect. Wish the author would sell it to someone who can fix all the bugs and make it a good program.
7-28-23: cannot keep settings, requires constant reinstalls. Banned by brave browser as it outs your privacy status and you cannot use private mode or tor with it. Brave calls it "malware". Guy who writes this program thinks he's a programmer, he is not. He cannot fix the bugs posted many times here.
Very slow server response, stations frequently out of order or drop connections. Cannot use portable browser with this. Mozilla should offer a reward for a GOOD radio program as there are none now. Hijacks your browser directing it to one of his ads for his other addons all of which got bad reviews. Better to get a short wave receiver for better radio listening than use this junkware.
5-15-23: had to reinstall twice in one hour. Can't keep radio connections, can't keep settings, can't keep functionality. We need someone besides some script kiddie to produce a REAL radio addon that works consistently. This one is not it. Shows how low the standard is by ffox to "recommend" an extension. All the radio addons for ffox are crap. Not a good one in the bunch. Slow to respond, slow to load, unstable can't keep settings. I'm gonna buy a shortwave radio enough of this crapware.
3-17-23: The best radio addon I've checked lately. Still needs improvement in speed of connection and ability to weed out non-responsive stations. Still requires occasional removal and reinstall to get it to work, but not nearly as often as a year ago or so. Privacy concerns. Many stations block connections by country, need to add a proxy feature to route through a proxy IP. Need to be able to save settings across reinstalls rather than make a user keep setting them over and over. - Rated 1 out of 5by HonestReviews, 4 years ago8-8-2024: Developer is Russian, probably using a tin-can-wet string connection to the net or a 14.4 baud modem. Server response painfully slow and flaky. Requires constant reinstalls, developer can't seem to solve that problem-can't keep settings. Connections very iffy and frequent interrupts or no connection at all. Stations sensitive to ip location and won't connect if IP is located someplace they don't like. This guy needs to sell the program to professional programmer as he can't seem to improve it. Brave blocks it as "malware" so I wonder what this guy is doing with your data?? He thinks he's a programmer. Well, he's not. Mozilla should do better, not good free radio addons and were stuck with this.
5-18-24: Hasn't improved. Developer must be on a low speed connection with turtle server OR software is JUNK. Frequent reinstalls necessary to get it to work. Takes forever for the server to respond to the simplest small requests. Banned by brave as being MALEWARE, will not allow it to work. Another example of defective addons that Mozilla "recommends" haha.
4-25-24: Another example of an addon that is "recommended" and is junk. Requires frequent reinstalls. disconnects often. SLOW to load, cumbersome GUI. Can't find stations because his server or net connection sucks. Junk Junk Junk.
Banned by Brave as "malware".
7-4-23 update: What can you say about an addon that never gets any better? Still painfully slow server response. Author can't figure out a way to place cookies so you don't have to reinstall the program everytime you clear data on you browser. Won't work on portable browser I use. Tiresome having to reinstall the addon every time because it can't keep your ID settings. PITA GUI with too many settings and clicks needed to set it up. You'd think Mozilla would be able to attract better add-on authors for radio but they are content with recommending junky addons. I guess we are stuck with this crippleware as none of the others are any better and mostly worse.
5-2-23: Among all the terrible radio addons this one is the best of the worst. Requires frequent reinstalls to work. SLOWWWW server response. Many breaks in audio feed can't handle intensive cpu operations without breaking the feed. Need to reprogram to automatically remove and reinstall this crappy addon. Might have to look for a better way to listen to stations than using this slow, buggy addon. Sad. Had potential but developer can't seem to get there.
4-7-23; started off terribly then improved greatly and not month or two later back to it's old buggy behavior: sound not working, have to reinstall it. They should have a remove, reinstall button in the program you have to reinstall it all the time to get it to work. SLOW SLOW server response, must be running a commodore server and a wet string tin can net connection? No really good radio programs available last time I checked a few months ago. This is the best, but not saying much.
11-25-22 noticeable improvement in it's ability to connect to stations and keep the connection even with no cookies. That's good and welcomed upped on star hope it lasts.
10-2-22 same ol same ol-have to remove and reinstall to get it to work. Junk. No good radio addons available. WHen it does work, slow as a frozen turd in the Antaractic. I guess these addon developers must view addons as something they can practice their crap programming skills on? Stations deny connection at their whim and you can do nothing except reinstall or change browsers. Why list a station that is totally unreliable? Sound quality sucks. Drops connections if your computer goes to sleep -clip to meet 4000 characters - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 16753158, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Raul Endymion, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by XelaNimed, 4 years agoПока всё работает просто замечательно. Единственное, что режет глаз, так это пёстрое и размытое оформление. На мой взгляд для такого маленького интерфейса более подойдут векторные иконки.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16577255, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Whiplax, 4 years agoGreat app. Just wanna know, will my favorite radios be stored within my Firefox account to be used in others devices? Thanks
- Rated 5 out of 5by ChrisG, 4 years agoNot really a review. Just wondering if you will update to reflect the changes made by the BBC?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/481e7233-0aea-4b15-8ace-878ce549108c - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14888119, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16768622, 4 years agoExcellent application.
But add the possibility that the user can schedule which radio will listen to,
at different times of brodcasts that he or she loves. - Rated 1 out of 5by lone_thumper, 4 years agoUnfortunately, it didn't work for me. Not to mention, it didn't include any "K" stations from the US, only "W".
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15001551, 4 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by yoyomama, 4 years agoWorks and has many selections - but chose 20 and only 5 loaded. * Alright, I really like this station =)
I'll give it another star because of convenience. Even works when the main window is closed; Firefox still active of course. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16760952, 4 years ago