IPENG 7 IS NOW IPENG 8! With Apple progressing from iOS 7 to iOS 8, iPeng 7 obviously needed an overhaul too. So, I am happy to announce that iPeng 7 is now iPeng 8 and it’s available on the App Store.
iPeng 8 is more than just an update to get along with iOS 8 it has been adapted to make the best use of the capabilities and the larger screen of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. In addition to this we plan to successively introduce more iOS 8-specific features like Notification Center widgets over the coming months. IPHONE 6 SUPPORT iPhone 6 and especially 6 Plus have a much larger screen than earlier models and we decided to make good use of the additional screen space. *Modified NowPlaying Screen*: The NowPlaying screen got slightly updated and now features additional volume button along with more space to show the current track information *Thumbnails in the Current Playlist*: Just like on iPad, iPeng 8 on iPhone 6 now also shows artwork thumbnails in the current playlist in portrait mode. *New default thumbnail sizes for album views*: The tile view for albums now uses different default sizes (you can still scale it at will) to allow showing more albums on a single screen on iPhone 6 Plus. This way, iPhone 6 plus can show almost as much content as an iPad (in default configuration) making it a real good alternative to the tablet for browsing your library. [image: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/albums50.png] *New landscape mode for NowPlaying on iPhone 6*: NowPlaying in landscape mode always has been a bit limited on iPhone/iPod touch in iPeng due to the limited screen height. With iPhone 6 this is no more – iPeng now has a gorgeous new landscape mode in which it can now also show a current playlist next to the familiar cover view. Since you can now also bring down the player list with a swipe from the top this actually gives you all control functionality you are used to in portrait mode also in landscape mode. [image: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/iPeng8_teaser_ls1.png] This also shows the size of Apple’s new device: the current playlist in landscape mode on iPhone 6 plus has almost the same size as the current playlist in portrait mode on iPhone 4. Have a look at all the sizes that are now available in iPeng. [image: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/playlists_s.png] *And All That Attention to Detail…* These were the big points. But in addition to that we also paid a lot of attention to the details in iPeng to make your favorite controller App even better. Apart from the obvious fixes of issues introduced with IOS 8 this includes a significant performance update with some servers, some design improvements (finally, the new iPhones are quick enough , so that iPeng 7 looks as originally intended by us ☺), smoother scrolling and a better index-bar on iPhone/iPod, better support of Logitech Media Server 7.9 and many more small details. Have fun with iPeng 8! --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 7, the Universal App for iOS 7* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102280 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
