------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: What would make it easier to recommend a Squeezebox ? - Simplified installation and initial configuration - Simplified usage after initial installation/configuration - Integrated support for ripping music from CD and tagging it - Support for more online streaming services - Improved stability of mysqeueezebox.com - Improved stability and/or less bugs in Squeezebox Server/Firmware - New Squeezebox hardware which have reliable support for local music without a computer - New Squeezebox hardware with built-in speakers and stereo support - New Squeezebox hardware with support for video - New entry level Squeezebox hardware with a lower price ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Simplified installation and initial configuration Absolutely the #1 most insignificant and least important reason. Users go through bazillions of software installations, each a bit different, each a bit more or less complicated than the next. Dealing with Squeezebox server's installation is a breeze. It needs to be more powerful, not simpler. The simplification of the installation only leads to added headaches. What's been done to the installer has been the brainchild of some idiots in marketing, not that of an interface designer. > Simplified usage after initial installation/configuration That's rather a broad requirement, isn't it? No, usage has evolved for many years, and I don't see that it can be simplified significantly. Simplifying it only makes it less flexibls, less useful, even to users with little technical knowledge. > Integrated support for ripping music from CD and tagging it No. Zero. Zilch. Zip. Nada. Please: Never go this direction. EVER. > Support for more online streaming services Don't give a damn. Never have, never will. Squeezebox's support for existing services has been so buggy, spotty, and ill-maintained, that it's like a bad joke. And there isn't a single service that is so compelling that it would be a must have. > Improved stability of mysqeueezebox.com Mysqueezebox.com is a virus. Are we looking for a better virus, or what exactly? Avoid it at all costs. > Improved stability and/or less bugs in Squeezebox Server/Firmware Ding! That's the one. > New Squeezebox hardware which have reliable support for local music > without a computer Which essentially means a better, more stable server and more powerful processing. That would be the Touch fully realized. That would in many ways be Sonos. > New Squeezebox hardware with built-in speakers and stereo support More junk along the lines of Boom and Radio. That would be where Logitech takes Squeezebox, not where Slim Devices would take it. And not something I'd pay a nickel for, nor recommend to anyone I care about. > New Squeezebox hardware with support for video Even bigger junk. > New entry level Squeezebox hardware with a lower price It's always been a bit overpriced. But that was mostly a function of being the product of a tiny company, or a tiny product of a giant one. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88939 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
