seanadams Wrote: 
> heh - why do you think I'm posting here 24hrs a day?

:D (I just snuck upstairs before bed -- she'll be calling my phone
soon!)

> WRT to the user interface, I forgot to mention: to get a better idea of
> what Squeezebox is like, you might want to try out SoftSqueeze. You'll
> see the high-res display, fast response time, FLAC support etc. Roku's
> remote was not designed for our interface, so it's a bit funky to use.

It's not the unit's interface that's the problem.  I used softsqueeze
(ugh, java) for a week or so before the Roku got here.  It's quirky,
but it's not horribly difficult to figure out (the hardest part was the
arrows to get around, I'm much more used to clicking "OK" to choose
something, not hitting the right arrow).

It's the server web software.  It's painful.  It feels like it was
written in 2003 or something.  The meta refreshes drive me nuts in IE
with the clicking.  I keep finding features I didn't know about (which
is a good thing as there's lots of features), but they seem buried.

I've seen some suggestions on here for an ajax-y web app similar to
google maps, and I really think that if you were to take the time to
build a good app, that a non techy person could use (even have a
"party" mode that makes it super simple to control), you'd be way ahead
of the game.  The Sonos has it's weaknesses, but the controller is
really what makes it awesome.

Again, I'm a developer who does a lot of web apps (not websites, two
very different things) for corporate clients.  Been doing ajax since
before it was ajax... Google has really upped the ante (and I'm happy
since it's driving a lot of business :D)


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