mherger;347617 Wrote: > Such an option would rather confuse a new user than it would help. We > want to reduce the number of steps needed for a _new_ user to get his > SB up and running as low as possible. Music folders, iTunes etc. can be > found automatically. No need to ask (in most cases: Windows/OSX). Just > run that scan.Understand, but I think this could be worked around with some > simple prompts and examples explaining the impact of selections: 1st option prompt - just scan my music, I want to listen already 2nd option prompt - I'm over the excitement, now I'd like to fine tune things a little. Option 2 could have information tags telling you what they do and could trigger the scan after the user has selected the behaviours they would like. If you really wanted to you could even include a "this is all too hard, just give me my music" button on every screen and it would call option 1's routine.
mherger;347617 Wrote: > You're not guy to design for when it comes to a simplified out of the > box > experience: you know SC and its features, tweaks, options, and you're > running it on some rather exotic system. The average new user will run > > Windows (or at best OSX), and he wants to listen to some music without > > reading anything the quickest possible.Agreed, but that shouldn't mean that > at all times you cater only to the LCD, rather the LCD should be the baseline default, with an opt-out clause. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter...'*here's how*' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53406 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
