------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46157 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Does SC need a separate, simplified, stylised UI? - Yes, and making it 3D would give it a real competitive edge - Yes, but it doesn't have to be that flashy. 2D would be fine. - No, the existing interfaces are enough - It might be nice but I would never use it ------------------------------------------------------------------------
A few weeks back I 'posted a proof-of-concept' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45158) to the Plugins forum; a 3D album browser using hardware acceleration. The aim was to spark a conversation over the demand and benefits of a simplified UI focused on being easy to use and heavily stylised, rather than being feature rich. Of course this wouldn't be a relacement to existing interfaces, just compliment them. I'm very grateful to those people who gave feedback, it's certainly helped me focus on areas like 2D vs. 3D. On hindsight, however, I wish I had attached a poll in order to get a more general feel for the demand, especially as the number of comments seems disproportionate to the number of downloads of the PoC! Hence the reason for this poll. Apologies if this looks like a cross-post, that's not my intention, but I can't retrospectively add a poll to my previous topic and I think this deserves some discussion from a wider audience. Here's where I'm coming from: - I believe there is a potential space in the Squeezebox setup for a simplified UI focused on being easy to use (particularly for non-owners such as house guests) and non-destructive (e.g. cannot accidentally wipe out the current playlist). - There is a perceived demand for a "10ft UI", one that can be displayed on a TV and controlled via a remote control. Integration with Media Center would be nice. - A UI that has a certain "wow-factor" (i.e. impress-ya-friends) could be beneficial, especially with the emergence of highly stylised products such as 'Sooloos' (http://www.sooloos.com). As you can imagine, I'm reluctant to work on this unless there is real demand, so I'd be interested to know what you think. -- simbo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46157 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
