MrSinatra;429318 Wrote: > i didn't think you were implying sean/dean were rapaciously greedy, i > was just talking in general. > > however, try an experiment... lend a SB to someone who isn't "into" > computers, but uses them for email and www. don't help them at all, and > see how far they get, how long it takes, and/or gauge their reactions. > > here's a perfect example... my dad, who is fairly old but loves > computers and music on them and the stereo, does not understand things > like "closing the web browser does NOT turn off SC." > > therefore, the playlist could just keep going, computer would never > sleep, and he'd never know or figure it out, and thats just ONE aspect. > > now, clearly, he should learn, and aiming this at old people isn't the > wave of the future, BUT there are lots of people my age (mid 30s) who > simply would not grasp many concepts of SC or enjoy the exp of the > webui. in a recent thread elsewhere, jjzolx summed it up perfectly, > that the webui simply doesn't cut it, and i couldn't agree more. > > winamp however, is something he does understand, and if a plugin could > power the SBR, he'd be much happier, and i think find it all more > appealing. true, winamp+plugin wouldn't do everything SC does, but he > would never use most of that stuff anyway.
I'm going to offer a different view. My perspective - I am older than you, and likely younger than your father. I consider myself to be capable as a PC user. I do not have a technical orientation or interest. I always use the web UI, and almost never the remotes (other than for on/off). I find the current UI perfectly satisfactory. Using the SB3 display is like looking at a panoramic view through binoculars, where you can only see a small part at any one time. I find doing even simple tasks with the remove and the SB3 screen to be unnecessarily awkward. Sometimes impossible. Winamp - I can use it to play tracks or albums while at a PC, but I don't like it. Too hard, too many hidden/poorly explained things. It's probably like my use (and everyone else's) of apps like MS Word or Excel. I can use 3% of it comfortably, and the other 97 % is for others to worry about. I have no knowledge or interest in it. Doing the work to permit winamp to drive SB devices would be a waste of time, in my view. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63775 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
