Triode;294879 Wrote: > It would be good to get some feedback on how to improve this interface. > Is the current cut and paste mechanism ok but needs better exposure, or > could it be changed? Should the delete & insert delete strings say cut > and paste?
Being a long-time user of the Turtle Beach Audiotron, and a new (and VERY happy) user of SqueezeBox, I have (had?) problems with the favorites. Although most of the GUI is really intuitive, it took me quite a while to figure out how to use the favorites. Disclaimer: I run the Custom Browse plugin. It seems to work like a charm, but it also seems that some menu options (like the "add to favorite") are lost/disabled on account of this (or my way of configuring it). Anyway, here's a quick summary of my first impressions of dealing with Favorites: - At first, I didn't even realize there was such a thing as shortcuts for the favorites (pressing a digit). Shame, this is a Really Good Feature for multi-room operation where you don't see the box! - For quite some time, I thought all you could place on the favorites were radio stations. Not sure why, but the "add to favorites" button just isn't very visible. - When I go into Favorites - new Favorite, I am asked to enter a URL. If I enter a file URL to a playlist, I can't figure out how to make it work. My interpretation was: favorites are only for net radio. - I still don't understand how to add a genre, album or artist as a favorite. Or is this because of the Custom Browse plugin? What I would find really intuitive (even if not the most effective in all cases): 1. Open Favorites - edit Favorites - new Favorite 2. Browse thru the database and select favorite(s) (browse by all available tags, but at least Artist, Genre, Radio Station or Playlist) 3. Use "Up" and "Down" buttons to reorganize order. 4. See numbers next to favorites to understand current order. 5. Use "Export" button (next to the "Import") to backup favorites. Now, if you happen to know the admin web page for the Turtle Beach Audiotron, you'll recognize some of this :-) I am obviously biased, but still think this would be a pretty straight-forward approach. The ability to add favorites from the various play menus is good, but not as obvious as a dedicated "favorites management" page where you can add, delete and reorder favorites. Especially if you use plug-ins to rearrange the menus :-) Oh well, that's my 2c. Thanks for a good product! (BTW. I'm running 7.1 - just downloaded 7.2 but have not yet tested) -- peert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peert's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44447 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
