audiofi Wrote: > > and for Dave: > http://audiofi.dudehost.com/other/squeezeboxwidenew.gif > >
Hey, that's not too bad, Andrew, and quick, too. Gee, I only posted it this morning! There can be tweaks, of course, since this is our own imaginary design and we do what we want to: -- screen is a bit too far left--about 1/2 inch. -- buttons are a bit too prominent, relative to knob. Need to diminish them somewhat (reduce size 30%), and I think they would look more high-end if rectangular with flat surface, vs. rounded surface. The option for the left-right button to be a small knob with detents (I called it a digital pot, but it's really a digital rotary switch) is cool, but I think would detract from the high-end feel. -- knob is black, too. We should pick black or platinum and stick with that and try not to appease both worlds with one design (that would be "cheap":) -- knob should have backlight option as well. -- the more I think about it, Mode select button is redundant. There's no reason all modes could not be incorporated in the menu system using left/right button, Volume knob controlling up/down, and a select button. -- the idea here is one-hand control: thumb can control left/right menu and select buttons while the fingers spin the knob. Left-handers will get used to it. -- Slim Devices will need another color scheme for their logo. No way we put the color red on this box. Lots of companies have multiple color schemes for their various products. Logo can't have front/center status, either. Upper left or bottom right, but I prefer bottom right to not detract from the display and the left edge has enough attention with the power button and the headphone jack. -- headphone jack is a tad intrusive, I think. Maybe be better on left side of power button? Maybe above the power button? Moving the display to the right a little bit will help. I think the headphone jack needs to be black anodized. -- Now for the minimalists: We can spend more money on mechanicals (probably at least 2-3x, b/c of custom design) to get a soft-touch, swivel-down control panel. This display could remain in the down position while still looking good and not posing any risk to being broken off like a door would. Imagine a press-and-release mechanism on a flat front panel. A 3-inch section of the panel swivels softly almost 180 degrees, to reveal the extra buttons for control. The panel is pushed back in place by pushing up on the bottom of the panel, swiveling it back up and clicking it into place again. The volume knob would always be visible. If we used this type of swivel-down display, the "knob" option for the left/right menu control would probably get bumped. -- Dave D _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
