Goodsounds;348499 Wrote: > You guys should reread Michael's comments. I think you've missed his > message. It's very clear, the future of this product line is not with > advanced users. I'm sure everyone will be welcome, but simplification > is needed to deal successfully with users and potential users at the > other end of the spectrum. This makes sense, this is where the growth > opportunity is and this is where having an overly complicated user > experience, including setup, will cause problems. Not more choices and > buttons, fewer. Not custom install with a lot of questions to answer, > but rather installation on autopilot. > > "I just want to listen to my music", they say. It's why people use > Itunes and buy Airport Express units. Because they're easy to use. > > If I'm right, the advanced users won't be thrown overboard, but their > voices will become less important than they have been historically. > Sounds like that may already be happening. > > Michael, love your sense of humor.
i don't need to reread his comments, i disagree with them. if SC is going to be for idiots only, then make a for idiots only version of it. in fact, thats not really a bad idea. make one that is for power users, and make one that essentially a party mode / kiosk mode type one, and that will address a lot of issues. but getting back to he current situation: the fact is the current version has options, as all programs of this type do. musicmatch, winamp, etc... all have lots of options. these noobs who slim seems to be worried about melting their computers, will STILL HAVE ACCESS to those options POST setup. so whats the difference? is it really THAT important to keep them out of the options at setup at the cost of not giving the option to anyone with a brain in their head? even a noob can figure out to "stay out" if an option is displayed as such. if "they just want to listen to their music" then they will IGNORE a button to advanced options, esp if its explained that they should if they don't know what they are doing in the dialog. btw, i find it a little strange that suddenly the push is for noobs above all other considerations. it took me forever to get bug 8001 implemented or even realized that it was needed, for the once scorned unwashed masses, and now its extreme the other way. compounding the issue is that a lot of what SC "intelligently" does is neither intelligent nor intuitive. the auto rescans and VA logic, greatest hits logic, and other things come to mind. these are all things NO other app does. and the tcp/ip paradigm isn't obvious either, or at least,, isn't to a noob whose mind might melt if he encounters an "options for advanced users only" button. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53406 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
