------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21033 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Could a wireless enabled iPod overtake the Squeezebox as a network music player? - Yes - I want my wireless iPod yesterday! - No - nothing will pry my Squeezebox from my cold, dead, hands! - Meh - it could cause some defection but not kill Slim entirely... ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Christian Pernegger Wrote: > > The iPod interface is as easy to use as the SqueezeBox > > I read again and again that the iPod was supposedly easy to use ... to > the point where I got one for my girlfriend. > > Long story short, the touch-sensitive wheel thingie makes it almost > impossible for me to use - I have not been able to figure out how to > prevent it from triggering button actions when I want to scroll and > vice versa. Every time I want to press next (track) I end up changing > the volume. Once even drastically enough to nearly blow my eardrums > ... Can't use it while not looking at it (coat pocket) either. The > menu structure is "very interesting". > > All other pros and cons aside, why do people hype the godawful > interface? > > So that's: The iPod interface is _not_ as easy to use as the > SqueezeBox > > The only advantage I see in using an iPod to stream audio to one's > stereo is the multi-user aspect. When each member of the family has > their own iPod the music collections are nicely seperated, which is > not possible atm with the sb. > > C. Well there are a lot of people in this grand world of ours, let's just say that the vast majority of people find the iPod UI to be easy beyond compare, a thing of beauty and a model to be emulated. So it's still "The iPod interface is as easy to use as the SqueezeBox" - for the vast majority of the humans on this planet. -- nelamvr6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nelamvr6's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3113 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21033 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
