Ben, I like your approach of ignoring the others :-). And I must agree that users will always miss some functionality - sometimes less is more. Competition is a good thing.
I gave Orange Squeeze a quick spin. I won't compare it to other apps (I see pros and cons for all of them, including yours), but give some some feedback none the less: - first of all: nice job. Discovered my servers/players quickly. No fuzz setting it up. Basic jobs like browsing, player control etc. work fine. - I like the concept of being able to select the target for every action. - I like the "album preview" icons for artists. Would it be possible to have it the full icon size if there's only one album for an artist? And while we're at it... you could pull in some random artist artwork from last.fm if no album artwork for an artist was available... - as you mentioned the Kindle Fire as compatible, I tried to install it there first. But I couldn't find the app neither on Amazon's store nor in SlideMe. Further feedback based on running it on an Acer Iconia (HTC Desire failing to download it this morning?) - first time I browsed the Music Folder, it failed to browse a sub-folder, but would always jump back to the main folder. Might be an issue only showing while it was still waiting for the full list? - Apps and Internet Radio icons look poor, like jaggy, small jpegs rescaled, while album artwork etc. is good. I see from the server log that you're pulling in the original file, which would be 512x512 png. Where are the artefacts introduced? - At some point I got it into a odd state: I switched to controlling a different player connected to a different server. But still I would see the old server/player's App menu, eg. apps which are not available from the new server. Selecting one of them would return an empty menu, then jump to the Now Playing screen. - just got the "you can go to the Now Playing activity" message: I would try to avoid tech speech. Most non-devs probably don't know what an activity is on a phone ;-). Unfortunately there seems to be a problem with the app store: started the update on the Acer, installation on the HTC, but download is failing. Thus can't continue the testing... Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next steps. Michael Am 15.12.2011, 22:33 Uhr, schrieb db122 <[email protected]>: > > Hi everyone. > > It's been quite awhile since I've had occasion to visit these forums, > but now I'm pleased to announce the release of Orange Squeeze, our > Android remote control for Logitech Media Server Squeezebox devices. > You all know the drill, so I'll just include the link. > > https://market.android.com/details?id=com.orangebikelabs.orangesqueeze > > The app is $0.99 so I'll be retiring soon. :-) We're very happy to have > the initial release completed in time for a restful holiday break. See > you in the new year! > > Ben Sandee > Orange Bike Labs > > -- Michael _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
