We all know playlist management isn't that good in SBS or Squeezebox
user interfaces today and many users tends to use third party
applications separately to create a m3u file and then synchronize that
with SBS.
So, let's start a discussion how you would playlist management to work
in SBS. The reason for this discussion is that I feel I need more
information what people who use static/saved playlists are missing,
before doing anything related to it I feel it's important that I
understand what's missing.
I'm guessing a good scenario to think about is preparing a playlist for
a party or some other special event or situation. I'd like to focus on
more advanced playlist management since the simple playlist management
more or less already are supported, due to this I think interfaces
using the IR remote, Controller or similar small screen devices
probably won't be user friendly enough.
Also, this is not about dynamic/smart playlists or smart mixes, I'm
only talking about static playlists manually managed by a user.
Some questions, to start the discussion:
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1.
What kind of device would you like to use when doing advanced playlist
management ? A normal computer/laptop ? A tablet ? A netbook ?
Something else ?
2.
Do you have any examples of good playlist management user interfaces in
some other app which you feel has solved the problem in a good user
friendly way ?
3.
Is there a reason you would like to continue using the third party
application you currently use even if a better user interface for
playlist management would be offered through SBS ?
4.
Is it important to integrate it with some other application ? For
example integration with drag&drop with the operating system file
manager or something similar ?
5.
In case not already answered in question 2 and 4, do you have some
ideas what kind of features or user interface layout you think is
important for advanced playlist management ?
6.
How do you do advanced playlist management today ? Which app ? From a
computer, laptop, tablet or something else ?
Feel free to also comment on other issues related to playlist
management even though it isn't part of the above questions, I only
posted the questions to give you some kind of ideas what I'm looking
for. Also, if you post ideas, please try to mention if you feel it's a
"must have" feature or if it's a "nice to have" feature which isn't
critical for a user friendly operation.
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