jmpage2 Wrote: > Mike, > > The thing to keep in mind with Slimserver is that although it is not > the most beautiful interface in the world it is completely cross > platform, you can run the web browser on Linux/MacOS/Windows, etc.
It's very cool that Slimdevices has done this, but if I were an investor I'd want the company to give some special attention to the enormous market of Windows and Mac users (primarily the former). I've had numerous people walk into my living room and flip out over the Squeezebox; one guy called it the coolest thing he's seen since the iPod (which is exactly what I said). But then they encounter the web browser interface and they're kind of let down. People are getting used to the iTunes format, and anything that isn't that easy to use is going to be a big stumbling block for the average Joe. I'm assuming Slimdevices wants to sell lots of boxes, not simply corner a small niche market. To do so, they're going to have to come up with a sexier front end. It's what the average user expects these days. Doing this doesn't necessarily mean abandoning the web browser interface, just accommodating the Windows/Mac crowd with something more user friendly. As for the practicability or programming ease of such an approach, I guess I'm ignorant about that. (I've done lots of programming, but it's all number-crunching, not GUI building). If somebody tells me it's prohibitively difficult, I'll believe them, but there are plenty of programs out there that do it already (iTunes, Winamp, J. River Media, etc). -- Mike Anderson 'FREE RADICAL RADIO!' (http://nvo.com/cd) Hours of free radical MP3s. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Anderson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1705 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17979 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
