pippin wrote: > 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.
Starting this thread from the beginning, since my watch just arrived, I question, personally, the utility of the "Power" function as one of the 4 precious force-tap items. I will keep reading this thread... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dborod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21049 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103693 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
