TheLastMan;467108 Wrote: > I think it would be fair to say that the new graphics interface with 7.4 > is designed primarily for the new portrait orientated touch screen > devices and to emulate the "Apps" focused approach of the iPod Touch. > Hence some compromises have been made with the Controller button > designations and the replay function using the headphone socket. The > latter has become *very* important to me. A lot have reported that this > has become stuttery or unreliable with 7.4. That would not be a small > problem for me. At the very least this would have to be 100% fixed > before I were to consider upgrading. > > I am sure there are improvements in 7.4, but having finally got the > Duet to work exactly how I want it to with 7.3.3 - and got my family > trained up on the Controller interface - I don't really want to endanger > that. > > Obviously everybody's priorities are different and for others the > benefits will outweigh the compromises. YMMV. Okay, I understand now. Just for clarity, at this stage there is *one* touchscreen device (the SB Touch) and it is landscape oriented, not portrait. And there are various ways to carve up the player offerings. For example, the SBC is SqueezeOS-based like the SB Radio and SB Touch. So to some degree they will continue to evolve together, even though the Radio and Touch are major departures on the hardware side (esp processors).
And I hear you about the "endangerment" with respect to 7.3.3 versus 7.4. I've moved everything in our house over to 7.4 except for the one that my wife uses pretty much exclusively. She likes 7.3.3 and doesn't know why we should have these new devices, even when Logitech gives them to me for beta testing. When I finally switch that one over I don't know if I should plan to be around to provide tech support or if I should run and hide.... -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68521 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
