nicolas75;671129 Wrote: > You know I have no problem with Squeezeboxes and networking, but I have > problems to accept the poor user interface and behavior. > > Funny that you and them seems to have very few problems with SBS/LMS, > and claim everywhere it is fantastic. > That's probably why you can hardly understand why people have problems, > and what is needed to avoid them having problems in the first place. > > So you keep spending your time giving advices and tricks, for problems > which should simply not exist at all. > It would be far more effective to push Logitech and developers to make > problems disappear. > (asking weird NAS platform, or funny plugins, instead of getting decent > library management push them the other way). > > That's what I have always been doing for what I develop, and what I ask > from those who work with me. > > If you spend so much time helping people, it is because they have a lot > of problems, and if they have a lot of problems, it is because the > software is not good. > > Of course it is a lot more fun (and far easier) to spend time helping a > lot people and show how good and helpful you are. > But it is far more effective to point out what should be corrected > (instead of saying everything is great), so that people do not need you > at all. > > That's the difference between geeks having fun, and professionals who > make a living from what they develop. > I am quite certain none of you is a professional software manager (and > a good professional software manager has to be an excellent software > developer) > > I started yesterday to really use MediaMonkey, because I have installed > MonkeySqueeze. > Honestly, I don't know why I waited so much, and how I could accept the > poor library management of LMS. > > I have absolutely no doubt that without serious management from > Logitech CEO and executives to change the geek state of mind which is > behind LMS, this software is cold dead. > > Customers don't care how good and helpful you are. > They demand a software good enough so they don't need you at all.
I really have to disagree with your primary points here. First I agree with you that SbS and LMS are quite poor interfaces relative to many other interfaces I've used for music management. Even itunes is a better interface in my opinion. And I've used a lot of interfaces (itunes, winamp, foobar2000 (my favorite, once I figured it out)). Although once I switched to ipeng or squeezepad I find the interface there very user friendly and I rarely even look at the webGUI for SbS or LMS. I've even used mediamonkey/monkeysqueeze and liked it as well. As an interface to SbS I recall having lots of issues because of synching different players, gapless, delays between tracks, etc. Perhaps all that has been solved in newer versions. But for your other points, this forum IS FOR USERS HELPING OTHER USERS. It is NOT the forum for asking logitech to fix or change anything. There are forums and bugzilla for that. I'm not a big bug/enhancement poster, but I've certainly added my share of bug requests (and voted on others) and added enhancement requests. That is the appropriate forum for trying to improve things. In terms of communicating your opinions, etc. to logitech as a company there are two OFFICIAL forums that are read by logitech employees. These are at: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Squeezebox-Players/bd-p/squeezeboxplayers http://forums.logitech.com/t5/MySqueezebox-com-Squeezebox/bd-p/mysqueezebox Just because users here try to help other users navigate some of the odd things that pop up with the software or hardware doesn't mean they are fanboys and think SbS and LMS are simply perfect. My reading of this forum over the years suggests a very different interpretation. I'd personally switch to a different platform in a heartbeat if it was easier to use and did everything I wanted. My investment in SB hardware is extensive, but frankly trivial in the scheme of things, at least for me. I've had minor issues with SB stuff over the years, but generally everything just works. And my files are tagged properly, work in itunes, foobar, winamp, etc. I shouldn't feel guilty because somehow I have a robust network that causes no issues, my library seems to work well, and SbS and LMS are not causing me any issues. Most things have frankly been plug and play for me. Am I just lucky. Maybe so. I certainly have no expertise in networking or software other than just being a user. And I can program a DVR to record a show on TV. -- garym Location 1: Vortexbox Appliance 6TB (1.10) > SbS 7.6.2 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) Location 2: Win7(64) laptop > LMS 7.7.0 > Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio and laptop) Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controlled at both locations with: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91673 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
