Sometimes I wish all these "squeezebox is about to die" threads instead could be focused on posting specific ideas regarding what new/changed features users are missing. I started a thread previously about this: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94987-What-is-missing-from-your-Squeezebox-experience
Some features can only be implemented by Logitech, but a lot of features can be implemented by third party developers even if Logitech doesn't want to focus on implementing new features, all that's needed is that people post their specific ideas of how the Squeezebox could be improved. The ideas needs to be specific, as an example it's not enough to say that you want improved playlist management, you also need to say what you find frustrating with the current solution or what specific features you are missing in the current solution. Also, honestly, it's kind of strange to ask if the product which more or less provides the best price/performance on the market is dead just because there haven't been a new software release during last 5 months (7.7.2 was released in end of March this year). I'm pretty sure a lot of other music streamer hardware vendors have had periods when there were more than 5 months since the last software release. I think some people just assume the product is dead because Logitech doesn't use the community for beta testing as much as they have done before, it's easy to make this mistake, I often do it also myself. However, it's important to remember that it can just be because Logitech want to test things more before they make it available for us to beta test or that they are working with some top secret feature/hardware which they don't want us to know about. The situation has been pretty much similar for my third party plugins, I've done less plugin releases during 2011/2012, but this doesn't mean I have done less development, I've done a lot of music related development during 2011/2012, it's just that most of it hasn't reached a stage yet where it's ready to be exposed to the public. An advantage with Logitech doing less releases is actually that third party developers can focus more on implementing new features and less on adapting to interface/protocol changes introduced by Logitech, but the switch to SQLite in 7.6.0 caused quite a bit of work for me during first half of 2011. Finally, since my Squeezebox setup currently is working great and I can extend it in more or less any way I want through third party plugins/applets or by patching the firmware, I don't see any urgent need to change anything as long as I don't have a critical need for new hardware. Also, with all the available third party Android and iOS Squeezebox player apps, it's easy to turn an old iOS or Android device into a Squeezebox if Logitech would stop selling their hardware. It's possible to spend the time complaining on Logitech, but personally even if I sometimes tends to get involved in threads like this one I prefer to spend the time improving and enjoying my Squeezebox system rather than complaining on Logitech which already provides the best streaming solution on the market for people with my needs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96134 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
