Our start page may be more useful than others. When possible,
we use larger see at a glance
fonts while keeping content compact, minimalist and organized. 1-DOT.com is a truly free website - no ads
and no tracking.
Designed for Chrome-based browsers (including MS Edge), the site also works fine with Firefox, etc.
There are 3 customizable URL startup options:
1. basic - audio/video and a small menu box of 7 user-created TinyURL links
2. plus! - "basic" + dozens of buttons to useful popular and unique websites
3. tilde - a
hex color (ex: ~112266~) "no image" background version of plus!
From our desert sunset theme landing page, you can instantly change to
mode or
(tilde) mode by
clicking the corresponding icon.
The retro appearance is quick and practical, not fancy. Options to personalize appearance are made
with simple changes to webpage URLs.
This site is not intended for mobile phone use. For desktop,
our DSF "display sizing factor" is used to calculate/guess the best fit for the page.
On common 1366x768 notebook screens, DSF should be close to 100%.
Particularly in plus! and tilde modes, you may discover many new and useful web links.
Did you also add 7 of your own personal
Custom Links to your @@TinyURL User Links box?
From the TinyURL.com website,
easily create free shortcuts (as random characters like
yv8ybw3v or your own short name like
vegas-map).
Try example URLs below using 2 and 5 TinyURL shortcuts.
For a more unique look, try these alternate background image links:
To change button colors, replace go/ with b1-b9 URLs (click examples):
If you add ?40 or ?99 (no % character) to the URL, you will only see our sea floor background image. Originally a coding bug, now it is an unintended hidden feature.
It looks nice on my big screen HP Chromebase monitor.
While web browsing, in the background, you may listen to music, live news, etc.
We added a unique "click-button-to-play" compact radio section.
(Also available as a separate online radio only mobile phone or desktop page.)
We include 70+ radio stations of many types including English-language stations
from around the world for live news from MSNBC, BBC, CBC, NPR and ESPN. Music genres
include ambient, classical, urban, blues, rock, R&B/hiphop, alternative, country, jazz, punk, gospel, retro and more.
The bottom row features nine → college stations, several oldies stations and four Spanish language → stations. College radio is often rotating mixed-genre (after midnight, indie/alternative is common).
Shoutcast and
Icecast streams
For years, Google Chrome and Firefox played Shoutcast and Icecast streams in web-based players
and directly in the browser. Firefox still does. However, market-dominant Chrome now plays these
streams directly but not in web radio players.
So, I retired some great stations to stay compatible. However, I added back "incompatible"
CBC Hourly News and MSNBC Live to the @@User Links box.
We added Radio Garden (click globe) to listen to radio stations in your area or around the globe.
From the map, click on minus sign (lower right) a few times and move circle to a new place on the map.
Problem: You click on the suggested "top center" part of a radio button but nothing seems to happen.
Solution: Don't click until you see the red hover color.
Also try double-clicking on the button. It usually works. If not, click on the
⏸ (pause) control and then
click the station button.
I find that it is a good habit to always click pause before
clicking on a new station button. I also find that clicking at the top center of a radio button works best.
Send your suggestions, etc. to my Google Gmail address: ~ ( x.radio.usa )
NEW - branded LOGO versions featuring your favorite: sports teams, cars, tech, products, organizations and businesses EXAMPLES LINK: 1-dot.com / go / intro.html # logos
mode or
(tilde) mode by clicking the corresponding icon.
We added Radio Garden (click globe) to listen to radio stations in your area or around the globe. From the map, click on minus sign (lower right) a few times and move circle to a new place on the map.
( click image )
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