Well, both "fully featured" and "reliable" are a bit of a challenge on
the Watch, aren't they? Features that include long lists are a no-go on
the Watch - they don't work well and are a nuisance to handle - and
reliability strongly depends on the connection quality which isn't
always a given.
For now I'm focussing on getting the basics to work well - NowPlaying,
current playlist, selecting a player, a NowPlaying glance. You should
easily see what's playing, be able to quickly turn on/off playback,
change volume or skip to a new track. That's hard enough on the watch.
Things like volume control sound straightforward but aren't give iPeng
usually supports group volume and I don't want to go back behind the
operation mode on iPhone, user's won't understand why things work
differently on the watch.
In addition to that there's some conflict between "add a deep menu
structure" and "limit the additional features".
After the first version is out I plan to have a poll on which features
make most sense and how many there should be - anything beyond four adds
intermediate menu levels so makes the whole thing more complex to use.
Current candidates for additional features are:
- Love/rate/star/add to favorites
- Play from Favorites
- Search and play from search results
- Shuffle/Repeat/Random Mix
Given that two slots are currently taken by "power" and "select player"
doing all of those is probably a no-go since it would take way to many
interactions to actually do these things.
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and
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