bklaas wrote: > Ah, I see. Then I concede that they got this part correct. I think I let > the "will-not-play-anything-without-working-internet-connection" thing, > and the > "doesn't-work-with-squeezebox-for-no-technical-reason-other-than-we-want-to-kill-squeezebox" > thing, and the > "we-haven't-really-engineered-anything-but-just-rebranded-and-emasculated-sbradio" > thing has made me dismiss every other aspect of that product. > You forgot the "we-screwed-up-even-stuff-that-worked-before" aspect, which is probably the worst one if you look at the user comments. Who needs a working alarm? Bah, people don't listen to podcasts anymore! Everybody must have an iPhone or Android these days! You don't need to add custom radio stations! Has anybody ever used playlists?
> > I see your point here, but the reasons for not requiring sign-in on > setup well outweigh that potential annoyance. Consider the use case of > someone who doesn't have any need for anything but free internet radio > and local music. Registration/sign-in is literally just a waste of time > for this user. > Yes, I agree, for this user it's n annoyance for the sake of nothing. Maybe I'm too much coming from the other side of things: 1. The Squeezebox, even the Radio, probably doesn't cater to a lot of people who only want a simple internet radio. It's simply too expensive for that, could get the same thing at half the price if you are not after more (I believe that THIS will eventually be the main argument that will kill the Smart Radio, horrible execution aside) 2. If you are a vendor with a decent long-term strategy (which Logitech clearly isn't, right now), you HAVE TO try to get your users registered. Simply because you need those numbers to get (online service) partners interested and simply because you WANT your users to find it easy to join these services later because that's what makes you an attractive partner which in turn helps you to create an attractive product. > > The middle ground would be to make registration/sign-in explicitly > optional during setup. I would have preferred it to have been completely > gone, but that would have been a reasonable compromise. > Yes, I believe that would be the way to go. Have it in the normal registration flow but allow people to just press "skip". And then (very important!!!!) DON'T come back with the question later! Offer the option in an easy-to-find setup menu (opening "My Services" would be a good chance to explain that now you _have_ to register) but if the user has opted for "skip" once, the initiative now should be on him/her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
