Hi Pippin, nice work on the app!!
As you know i have been using ipeng web from the start almost, and also
made my own modifications (some of them might be what i reefer to here).
Anyway, have been playing around with the app the last hour or so and a
few suggestions, issues so far (might be me not used with the interface
but wanted to give my feedback anyways). possible it has been discussed
already in the thread, haven't looked trough it all.


My usual way of adding music with the webinterface was either trough
the trackstat app (easy way to get to the good music when you have
35000+ songs) or through browsing the new music or years.

- Trackstat is not existing and it would be awesome to have that
integrated in the app somehow. 

- Browsing my new music (set to 200 with 100 item limit per page) is
still better on Safari and the reasons are:

-- Even tough it takes a number of seconds longer to load i do have ALL
albumarts loaded when scrolling up and down. With the app, i get the
list fast but scrolling down is without artwork until i wait a second
or so, then the visible albums get their artwork and continuing down
the same procedure is repeated etc...

This happens no matter how long i stay on the page or have the app
running.
Ofcourse when i have had the list populated once it seems faster the
second time if i don't quit the ap between. However i don't have the
app running all the time on my touch or iphone so i need the artwork to
be there the first time around. 
Personally i would prefer having to wait a few seconds to have the page
load but get all artworks in the list populated so i directly can scroll
with everything in place. 


-- I only  get max 75 items in teh new music list and cannot scroll
further or change to a second side?

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--- Artwork are also  smaller in the webinterface so i can see about 
twice as many albums on one screen (that is a matter of personal
preference ofcourse) but i would like to be able to have that as a
setting.
Also that would mean you have more space for the text.

-- For compilations in the webinterface i can see for example:
Brit Hits 2008 (2CD)
Fall out boy, Kaiser Chiefs, Ka...

In the app i get:
Brit Hits 2008 (2CD)
Fall out boy

This seems to be the same for any compilation, the "first" artist are
only listed, even though there are space to the right to fill out which
would look nicer since it's then easy to see it's a compilation (instead
of having it say various).




-- The trigger solution for play, add or play next is an ok solution
but only ok. 
When you have your page loaded in the webinterface you don't need to
toggle anything, you select the artwork or the plus sign.. very easy
and straightforward. I would really like to see something similar.
Best if possible would be press the artwork - play that album press
hold add to playlist. If you still want to have play next perhaps
swipte left or right.

--Years, i very much miss browsing by year..

-- Sorting, i miss the sorting option for albums, artist.
, e.g .Years, Artist, Album or Artist, Year, Album or year, album etc



For now actually i still prefer the webinterface, a bit slower to load
the list of items but easier to add to playlist, and i can also see
more information and use trackstat.

The now playing page is much much better in the app, very nice!

Enhancement requests:
--
#Trackstat!
#Load artwork with pageload, or atleast load them in the background
without having to scroll to populate
#Smaller artwork size or as a setting = more albums per page
#More space for compilation artists when you have the setting to list
all artist, atleast as much that can fit
#Adding to playlist = Press hold : new playlist = Press : double click
or two finger press or ...
#Browsing by year
#Sorting of albums etc.
#Caching between sessions, needed to be able to pick up, start app, add
albums and close..


Bugs?
--
#Only 75 items in new music
#the artowork issue, possible a bug? Seems to only populate when the
album is visible so scrolling is needed to populate. have had the app
running for 20 minutes atleast.
#Compilation artist, possible bug?
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Thanks


-- 
wiped

Squeezebox 3 - SC7 30000 songs (FLAC and MP3) 

Happy Ipod Touch and iPeng user!
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