erland;224500 Wrote: 
> IMO the problem isn't the open source model, the problem is that there
> needs to be a single person/group that decides how all users wants it
> to work.
> 
> As you have already said, the current SlimServer tries to make everyone
> happy, the result is that it makes some advanced users happy by allowing
> a lot of different configuration options. The side effect of this is of
> course that the simple users get confused of all the options.
> 
> I think there are two user categories in this regard:
> 
> 1.
> The users that want to be led in the right direction. ... It's a lot
> simpler to make a user friendly software in an environment like this
> where the software can decide how the user should use it.
> 
> 2.
> The users that know how they like to use the software and wants the
> software to adapt to their specific needs. The software should be able
> to handle any structure of their music libraries and combination of
> file formats and tags. ...
> 
> 

iTunes is one music player program that has a decent user interface. 
Its design decisions are not inevitable in a program with a good user
interface design.

Bill


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