MrSinatra;428487 Wrote: > ...IF slim wants to reach a more mass audience, i think they need to > look at other paradigms...consider that "the masses" want simple and > familiar. well, itunes is that, and winamp is basically that, just not > as much so...your average user just wants to power the hardware with > something fun and easy to use, that they are familar with...personally, > i know many people who are audiophiles but computers passed them by. > give them a simple way to power a SB, and they buy. give them SC, and > they pass.
These comments hit right along the lines I have been thinking for a while. I enjoy tinkering with things, adjusting tags, etc. and even I get frustrated at some points where I just want to say "why can't I just plug the damn thing in and have it work???" If I feel that way and I'm a bit geeky, how is anyone non-geeky supposed to embrace the squeezebox family readily? It's the same issue I'm facing trying to stream vido from my server to my TV (I told you I was a bit geeky). There is no solution that "just works." I have to tinker too much and in frustration decide to leave it for another day. My daughter would rather plug her ipod into a portable dock because it's easy, and doesn't care about my excitement at the ability to pull any and ALL of my music at anytime using the squeezebox. I think what is needed is a nearly silent install of squeezecenter (it's actually pretty good now), with integration with one or two major music player software packages so people can feel comfortable running a squeezebox from their computer (sorry, the web interface, though improved, still doesn't fully cut it), continued improvements on the controller (my favorite squeezebox hardware, but still sometimes too slow or iffy), and some wizards that help people rip music, manage music, etc. If users could unpack a receiver and controller, plug them in, stick a CD in a computer, and get everything loaded and setup using methods tied into software they are used to (itunes?), things would go a lot further. -- BlueWombat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlueWombat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6159 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63775 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
