JimC;167482 Wrote: > Hi there. > > My name is Jim Carlton. I'm a Virgo. I like long walks on the beach, > candlelit dinners, and dancing under the stars. > > Wait! That's my match.com ad copy. > > Actually, I'm the new Director of Product Marketing here at Slim -- now > known as the SMS Business Unit at Logitech. Prior to accepting this > role, I was the iPod/MP3 and wireless music business manager for > Logitech in the America's region. And before that, I've had stints as > one of the founders of Virgin Electronics, as a jack-of-lots-of-trades > at Creative Labs, and further back than that just doesn't really > matter. > > My first order of business here is to offload some of the work of > integrating Slim with Logitech, so Sean and Dean can get back to > sleeping once in a while. Overall, I'll be responsible for the > customer-facing aspects of this business, and for helping shape how we > tell the rest of the world about how great the products are... > > To that end, I would absolutely love to hear from the community about > what you think is great about Slim Devices/Squeezebox/Transporter and > about what we can do to make them better. I plan to bring in > additional resources to help expand the community here, as well as > promote our third-party developers and plug-ins as a key value-add for > our products. It would be great to hear what YOU see as how we can > best implement that, as well. > > If you have any questions, feedback, gripes, or just want me to finish > that match.com ad, let me know.
Hi Jim! I hope you have thick skin, if you want feedback from us here.. ;-) OK, in no particular order: Personally I think the current implementation model (SlimServer) has a lot to commend it. However, the web based GUI needs an alternative interface that better hides it's HTML based nature. Slicker and more "local app" -like. It could then have a "local app" operating mode as well for those that despise the server model -just run the server locally and don't mention it! (Actually, that should probably be the default mode, and remote access, with identical GUI, being the icing on the cake.) In short: Talk less to customers about how it's done, and make GUI slicker.. I never use SqueezeNetwork, since I don't like the logging-off and logging-on procedure. Re-scan should be automatic and intelligent (using file date information). No two hour scans please! A history function would be superb so one could go back to previous songs/albums after listening to a few different things. (I know a playlist could emulate this, but it's so easy to just press "Play" and erase any list. After which you utter some unmentionables..) On the same theme: "Favourites" is a bit primitive. At least I haven't discovered any way to structure it.. I like the device-driver-talks-to-SB suggestions I've seen lately. Would make the SB universally accessible as an audio device. (Although SB display info would be limited.) Questions arise about control over the SB though.. (Must also be optional, since we don't want our direct-coupled SBs suddenly blowing our speakers with Windows "boings".) Whatever you do, don't save pennies on the sound quality, or I (and I'm sure most here) might as well get a Roku or whatever.. (In fact, I'd still use my CD player.) Sean knows best! ;-D Can we have a Transporter Light without the knob and without balanced connectors for around $1000, please? (And _optional_ handles...) Rgds -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
