bergek wrote:
brunodenis;173329 Wrote:
I am not a apple fan but I love the coverflow feature. I wish it could
be integrated into SS but repsonse times would be even slower.
Dito on the Apple fan part. You are not alone at thinking that the web
gui is awfully slow and not really that fancy looking. At the same
time I am a firm believer in having a home server which is on 24/7 and
not requiring your desktop computer to be on just to play some music. I
wish that SS would be more layered (i.e. core functions separated from
the web gui).
Agreed.
To overcome the limitations of the web gui, I have been thinking about
making a very simple client application (or even a new web application)
to quickly be able to browse my collection from a PDA or a computer. To
interact with SS I would just create URL strings and do background HTTP
GETs (ignoring the output).
That would be a great idea. We already have Moose and SlimRemote, but
they're hardly full featured or easy to use/install. Hint: Have a look
at http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php guys. It's not that hard to make
a nice install package.
BTW, I think that the CLI interface is better suited for communicating
with SlimServer.
Personally I think that SS must be made more sexy to increase its
appeal to the general public. People want coverflow. Let's not
underestimate the amount of audio fidelity that people at large are
willing to sacrifice for nicer looking GUI.
I don't know coverflow, and I'd like to keep the existing webinterface,
but a fast, friendly and flashy GUI client would do a lot for the looks.
Let's face it, if you want to show off your SB/Transporter, you show
people the device and the Web IF. The first looks good, the second looks
somewhat clunky.
It might not be such a bad idea to add Airport Express compatibility to
the SB/Transporter firmware. It's another feature to put on the box and
could be quite handy in some situations. Or wait, I take that back. A
Windows or OS/X sound device driver that can talk directly to a Slim
Device would probably be best. That way you can use iTunes or whatever
client you like to play whatever sound you like. I'd like to use that
myself occasionally.
Regards,
Peter
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