MrSinatra wrote: > > does anyone really believe that an audio product should exist today > whose main/native UI is webui? i would bet most people still using > server are using some other UI. > No, I don't think an audio product whose main UI is web based have a strong future. To expand this even further, I don't think an audio product whose main UI has to be accessed from a computer have a strong future. In comparison, I think a web UI has a greater future than a Windows based UI, because there is at least a theoretical chance the web UI will work on tablets/smart phones.
However, the web UI is not the main UI for the Squeezebox products, the main UI for a Squeezebox is either a smart phone/tablet or the on-device controls (Touch screen, hard buttons) and this kind of UI's definitely have a future. If we would have a poll among all Squeezebox users (not just the geeks on this forum), I imagine that a very small percentage would say that they sit beside the computer when they control their Squeezebox. MrSinatra wrote: > > i hope logitech sells slim to someone else. i thought they'd be good > for slim. i was WAY wrong. > In theory, Logitech provides what Slim Devices didn't have: - Economical strength ( of a large company) - Global distribution - Knowledge about mass market users In practice I see similar issues as you do, but the issue isn't the above points, the issues are other points like: - Lack of product strategy - Lack of knowledge regarding user needs around music streaming - Lack of marketing/advertisement skills Most of them were supposed to come from Slim Devices but unfortunately Logitech didn't succeed in keeping everyone from Slim Devices as Logitech employees. It's not as simple as just dedicating more resources to the development, first they have to understand what kind of functionality the users want. Regarding possibilities to sell to someone else, the only thing I see a real value in is: - SBS/LMS (which is already open source and free for someone else to take) - Agreements with service providers (which Logitech probably can't or at least aren't willing to sell) So hoping for someone to suddenly buy Squeezebox product family is probably to hope too much unless someone in the community or among previous Slim Devices employees would decide it was of interest ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
