7.0 works great for me, as does 7.0.1.
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:55 PM, random_tox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a loyal customer. I've owned at least 5 Squeezeboxes over the years > and currently (try to) use two SB3's in my home, and softsqueeze at the > office. I've been an advocate and sold many friends on the products and > concepts of Slimdevices. I still plan to go big and get a Transporter > just as soon as there is software to match that incredible piece of > equipment. > > But I'm after a long, blissful, year of enjoying a well tuned > Slimserver 6.5.something and ignoring updates, I made the mistake of > trying 7.0. I'm going to vent. I'm sincerely not trying to offend, but > maybe light a fire. > > Here's my list of what is dumb: > > -Software reliability: Please call a beta version (buggy, untested, > unreliable, even though a few of us geeks can get it running) a beta > version. Don't make it the default download until you have some > indication that it is going to work for your customers. Helping > troubleshoot my job and not a hobby I enjoy when I'm trying to listen > to music. and I just want the latest version that will actually work. > 6.5.x, right? 7.x is beta. Release candidate, tops. Your not under the > same pressure as a software company to release, release, release. > You're hardware is only as reliable as your software and sales will > suffer. > > -Effects and animation: You know how we all make fun of flaming > animated .GIF images on crappy amature webpages? Same thing. Just > because it's neat doesn't mean you have to put it in. These features > serve only to remind us that you've been using your resources to > integrate spinning CD images instead of fixing bugs and improving > performance. It's a browser interface, not a feature film. Present the > information quickly and orderly. No one is impressed by a chunky, slow > transparent overlay that doesn't present anything useful. Why do you > think Vista (Window XP, Millenium Ed.) is tanking? > > -Settings: I was very happy to read that supposedly 7.X would keep my > previous settings. Wrong. I can't even get it to run without a complete > nuke of the previous install, which nukes my settings. Also, it's dumb > that after all these years, I still have to set each player's settings > individually each time I "upgrade" versions. Give us a persistant > default player settings interface as well as individual player > settings. And god, would someone re-org the settings? There must be 50 > pages worth that are in nearly random order. > > -Slim Network requirement: Give me a break. I'm sure many people find > the Slim Network a useful service, but there is no reason these devices > can't operate without any communication beyond their local network if > that's what the user wants. I don't want to give you an address, or > password, or info about when my player is on or off, or anything. You > got my money and that the only demographic info you need. > > -tray icon: Just what the world needs. One more tray icon that does > nothing useful (unless you count "starting... starting... starting" > indefinately until I uninstall/reinstall as useful). What is the > fascination? Did the marketing department come up with it? Why does it > take 13 megs of memory 24/7 to tell me nothing I don't already know? > > -Slim/Logitech: You guys/gals are acting dumb. How can the company that > hatched such a brilliant product concept still be mired with such a > crappy, unfriendly software implimentation? I'm a vetran technology pro > and I find your stuff is a pain in the butt. How can I recommend it to > technically moderate family and friends that need something to be > intuitive and easy and works out of the box? Every home should have > several of you devices, but your ship will sink first if you take > another x years to publish a decent interface. > > -Me: I'm dumb for wasting my time writing this. Won't change anything. > Probably get sensored. > > -Me again: I'm also dumb for "upgrading" to 7. Let me know when it's > 7.5.x. I'll be back on 6.5ish. > > > -- > random_tox > > __________________________________ > www.discogs.com/user/Random_Tox > www.discogs.com/user/Random_Digits > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > random_tox's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2096 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47952 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
