This is a familiar thread. Someone rants about the SlimServer UI, and it turns into a religious war about everything EXCEPT the UI.
I've purchased 5 Squeezeboxes, some as gifts. I may buy more, because they sound fantastic, are easy to use, and are driven by incredibly powerful server software . I've recommended SBs to friends, who also went out and bought them and now brag to their friends. My heartfelt congratulations go to Sean and everyone else involved. You have created something truly cool. That said, the SlimServer UI is really bad. I buy SBs in spite of it. Just try changing the order of a song at the bottom of a long playlist sometime and you'll get the picture. Heck, just try to browse through a long playlist before the screen auto-refreshes you back to the top. How do I build playlists? I use iTunes, which allows me to quickly preview a tune, easily listen to segues from one song to another, and simply drag things around until I like it. THEN I go to SlimServer and rebuild the entire list from scratch so I can listen to FLAC files. It's just too painful to build and edit the original list using SlimServer. I have recommended AGAINST Squeezeboxes for people who are easily frustrated with computers. My neighbor bought a Roku and loves it -- and the iTunes that drives it. It would be easy to say, "they just don't get it," but this is a lost customer who listened to my highly superior Squeezebox, loved it, loved the remote, but then bought Roku because SlimServer was such a hassle to use. So fight on about which browser is best and who has offended whom. While you do, someone else is going to get it right and walk away with all that money from all those consumers who just want convenient, on-demand music that sounds fantastic. As for me, I'll keep buying Squeezeboxes and recommend them to my friends because they really are the best thing out there. But don't mistake that for loyalty to some Slim cause. I'm just a consumer who spends money on stuff I like. You know, with a killer UI this product would be unstoppable. -- Mike New ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike New's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21322 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
