[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) I use standard remote 99% of time, it's quick and efficient, I mostly browse by folder and play full albums and all this is working fine. Sometimes, I use my Palm LifeDrive (WiFi) to access the Web interface but only for show off effect as it's vague and fuzzy ...not all functions are working well. Up to now, I doesn't understand the real potential of Web interface, except "rescan" function all the rest is useless to me, it's just to complexe to play with, i.e. I don't catch the play list stuff, so I don't use it. As I'm not running my PC/server 24/7, I first need to boot and launch SS6.5 prior powering the SB3, which is always cut from the power line while not in use. I would by fare prefer having some server functions like "rescan", server "launch" and "shut down" available by direct access from the remote to avoid to be in front of the PC to do this. -- your momo your momo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8095 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) The remote is OK, although only being able to see a limited number of entries is a pain when doing a search, being ably to rapidly pick from a list is easier if you can see all of the list, or at least more of it than one entry - you don't know if your search was correct otherwise. Becuase it is a "slim" device, response time can make stepping through lists irrititating, it's not that it's slow, it's that it's uneven and therefore hard to predict when to stop clicking. I wish the SB would cache more so that scrolling happened at a fixed rate instead of going back to the server each time. The web interface is good for set-up, but bad for music selection. There are just too many clicks to play some music and the affordance is poor - it really isn't obvious what you do to play all the tracks from an album for example. Does clicking the first song do it, or do I click the album name? In any case all the niggles are dwarfed by the slow update. It's very similar to the setup screen for my ADSL router, but I only do that very occasionally. Having that same response time and clunky interface is really poor for a consumer music player. I want snappy and simple, no tiny buttons, but big obviopus ones. No extraneous data and information, just the basics. Just because you can display all the options on one page, that doesn't mean you should. A great example is the default start page. I have two panels, one labeled "home", the other the name of my music player. Everything I could possibly want to do is on those two panels, but why not just the common operations? Why all the clutter - and it is clutter. Just how do I play a album from the start page? It's what I immediately want to do, but I have to work out that I first have to search or browse to find the music first, rather than seeing a list of music straightaway that lets me click straightaway on a track and play it. Even when I find a track I have to know to hover over a tiny symbol to find out what it does - and what's a playlist if I'm joe user? No obvious method on how to create and manage one in the UI. When I do click on browse, there's too many albums listed on each page and not enough room for obvious functionality. Sure I can change that, but the defaults are too, too confusing. Of course people will say "once you get used to it it's really powerful" and "it's for technically minded people" , but that really is an cop-out for not thinking about use case in the design and carrying out usability testing and high quality UI design work. It's great that it exists, but as a consumer product it is Byzantine in operation, far too complex and unresponsive. OK, rant over! -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) A skin usage poll could be useful. Likely to start some flames like anything else of course. I primarily use the new-style remote because it's a very well designed unit. I didn't bother to add an activity to my Harmony 880 because frankly, the Harmony line although usable, is very very dated and would suck pretty bad for controlling the Squeezebox. I use the Fishbone web UI with a bunch of mods I've made to improve things here and there. It's not vomit-pool awful, but it's pretty bad. And Fishbone is the best web skin in my opinion. Most usable with the required functionality presented in the most logical places. No matter what skin you use, the Web UI is slow. Increasing server horsepower helps, but nothing is going to get you the same speed as a dedicated browsing/navigation aplication. I don't think Logitech will get SB tech into the hands of consumers without a better UI. Typical consumers will buy Olive and Sonos products for their respective strengths. Though I think Apple's new Apple TV will quickly become the defacto standard for many folks. I hope Logitech can kick it into high gear soon and start with the product announcements and various improvements needed to push this product line to the front and keep it there. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Michael Herger;168839 Wrote: > > I'd like to see a web interface for slimserver that resembles what > you > > get with orb 2.0. > > What's orb 2.0? A solution for streaming media (not only music) to any web enabled device. See http://www.orb.com for more info. -- morberg morberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8757 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
I'd like to see a web interface for slimserver that resembles what you get with orb 2.0. What's orb 2.0? -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) I'd like to see a web interface for slimserver that resembles what you get with orb 2.0. -- morberg morberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8757 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) > The > red-lines-on-all-black looks very nice, but alternating colored rows or > some > other technique to match artist-and-buttons might be more usable. An excellent suggestion -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
Quoting Michael Herger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >And, in that function, I expect it to work at least as well as other > >media players out there. Those little up and down arrows are a pain to > >use. > > Wow, what an introduction to come to that simple point :-). I got it. That > last phrase is the kind of information I'd like to see more often. It's > simple, but so much more constructive than "the interface is awkward". In the vein of possible simple fixes, I generally like the Fishbone skin a great deal. But on a wider screen, when I am scrolling a list of artists to add to a playlist or to delete from one, it's very very hard to distinguish which of the rows the artist is on. You start way over at the left with the artist name, then slide the cursor all the way across to the tiny buttons on the right. Half the time I'm up or down a row (usually down). The red-lines-on-all-black looks very nice, but alternating colored rows or some other technique to match artist-and-buttons might be more usable. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Kyle;168635 Wrote: > For me, Moose is much closer to what I would like to see in an > interface. Drag-and-drop would be great, too. I tried Moose once, but it didn't work for some reason. Fortunately, I mostly use the stock remote. So I tolerate the web UI for now. But if I had to use the Web UI more frequently, I would be unhappy with it. I would definitively make a switch to a GUI like Moose. Web UI and GUI both have pros and cons. But I don't think a web UI will be ever be as responsive, as user-friendly and as intuitive as a GUI. I'm not saying "scrap the web UI and replace it with a GUI". We don't want to loose the benefits of the web UI. It would be nice if SlimServer came with both. Not sure if its possible, though. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) > In slimserver 6.2 & 6.3 the ExBrowse skin allowed exactly that > kind of drag-and-drop. The author of that skin hasn't had time > to update it to work with 6.5. I could be wrong, but I don't > think the changes in 6.5 have broken the D&D capability. Thanks! I am still using 6.3.1, and yes, ExBrowse3 does have that D&D capability. The problem is it screws up title formatting: Instead of using the settings I designed for the title format (in Home/Server Settings/Formatting/Title format), it uses a fixed format of its own. Is there any way to change that behavior so my own title format is used? Ulvi -- ulvi ulvi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) For me, Moose is much closer to what I would like to see in an interface. Drag-and-drop would be great, too. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) ulvi;168616 Wrote: > Regarding the arrows: Is it possible to re-design this so that one can > drag any item in the current playlist > and drop it in a different location in the same list? Is drag-and-drop > impossible to implement in this kind of web ui? In slimserver 6.2 & 6.3 the ExBrowse skin allowed exactly that kind of drag-and-drop. The author of that skin hasn't had time to update it to work with 6.5. I could be wrong, but I don't think the changes in 6.5 have broken the D&D capability. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Regarding the arrows: Is it possible to re-design this so that one can drag any item in the current playlist and drop it in a different location in the same list? Is drag-and-drop impossible to implement in this kind of web ui? Ulvi -- ulvi ulvi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Michael Herger;168609 Wrote: > > And, in that function, I expect it to work at least as well as other > > media players out there. Those little up and down arrows are a pain > to > > use. > > Wow, what an introduction to come to that simple point :-). I got it. > That > last phrase is the kind of information I'd like to see more often. It's > > simple, but so much more constructive than "the interface is awkward". > > -- > > Michael > > That's because I was trying to figure out why I feel that the interface is awkward. You can feel that something is awkward without knowing exactly why. A UI expert would have told, in minute detail, what works and what doesn't. The "up" and "down" arrows are just an obvious example of what doesn't work. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
And, in that function, I expect it to work at least as well as other media players out there. Those little up and down arrows are a pain to use. Wow, what an introduction to come to that simple point :-). I got it. That last phrase is the kind of information I'd like to see more often. It's simple, but so much more constructive than "the interface is awkward". -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Michael Herger;168553 Wrote: > That's not a definition, but only what you think is awful. Remember: a > > thousand flies can't be wrong - and they do like stuff you don't like > ;-). > > Just saying something's awful doesn't help those who would or could > change > that feeling, achieve the goal. They need to know what you'd like to > see > different. I know, a lot of things have been said before. But repeating > > positive things could put some importance on it while collective > complaining _without_ any effort to at least tell what could be > improved > is just boring, if not insulting. > I can understand how programmers can find the web interface nifty. I think you do, IIRC. But, for my part, as a user, I think it can be a pain. I'm not an UI expert, mind you. A UI expert would tell you what's good and what's not so good about the web UI. I'll try to be more precise. Well, I guess it depends on the function of the web interface. My router, for example, also has one. Its sole function is to change this or that setting. And I have no complaints on that level. It does its job. But the function of the Slimserver web interface isn't simply to change settings. Fo example, your supposed to be able to make playlists with it. And, like jonheal pointed out earlier, its subpar: > When I do use the web UI, I use it to create playlists, and in that > function, it is PAINFULLY slow and cumbersome. And, in that function, I expect it to work at least as well as other media players out there. Those little up and down arrows are a pain to use. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Ben Sandee;168561 Wrote: > On 1/8/07, Michael Herger > wrote:[color=blue] > All the *cool* kids are bashing the SlimServer web interface these > days. It's just, you know, awful! > O now THAT's a great argument! Most *cool* kids don't know there are other MP3 players apart from their iPods. I know I am totally *uncool*, and maybe it's because I use it for quite a few years now, but I think the web server does its job fine for me. Just as the stock remote does. I know it (the webserver) could look better by nowadays standard, but I don't think looks should be first priority. Functionality should be. In my time I have used different skins, but I always returned to the default skin. Boy, I must be so *uncool* that I'm *hot* again :-) -- SlimPvC SlimPvC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=51 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
On 1/8/07, Michael Herger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its an awful interface Please define "awful". Oh come on on Michael, get with it. All the *cool* kids are bashing the SlimServer web interface these days. It's just, you know, awful! Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
Well that does work, but having a touch sensitive panel I would rather use something with buttons/links that don't require the stylus. Get a browser update and use Touch/Nokia770 then. Those who can't effort Opera will have to stick with Handheld. It's your choice ;-) -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
I would define awful as say ... waking up in a pool of vomit, in which case, I would rate the web UI as not quite that awful. That's not a definition, but only what you think is awful. Remember: a thousand flies can't be wrong - and they do like stuff you don't like ;-). Just saying something's awful doesn't help those who would or could change that feeling, achieve the goal. They need to know what you'd like to see different. I know, a lot of things have been said before. But repeating positive things could put some importance on it while collective complaining _without_ any effort to at least tell what could be improved is just boring, if not insulting. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Michael Herger;168451 Wrote: > > Handheld tries to do so: it uses little CSS, very little JS. It's a > compromise regarding features, layout and ressource/compatibility > restrictions. Well that does work, but having a touch sensitive panel I would rather use something with buttons/links that don't require the stylus. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Michael Herger;168457 Wrote: > > Its an awful interface > > Please define "awful". > > -- > > Michael > > - > http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD > http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR I would define awful as say ... waking up in a pool of vomit, in which case, I would rate the web UI as not quite that awful. :-) -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) I hardly ever use the web UI. The whole point of the Squeezebox was to get the computer out of the living room. When I do use the web UI, I use it to create playlists, and in the function, it is PAINFULLY slow and cumbersome. I use a Sony RM-VL600 instead of the stock SB3 remote. It does everything the stock remote does, plus it controls the volume on my receiver. I think it cost about $25.00. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) adamslim;168540 Wrote: > An ideal interface for me would have frames that I could create, move > around and customise, into which I could put things - my favourite > genres (e.g. a 'Baroque' genre frame that listed my baroque artists), > AlienBBC, Playlists, Server settings etc. Then there would be a large > frame for whatever the current selection from these subframes is, and a > large frame for 'now playing/playlist. Something like the www.netvibes.com interface, where you can drag, drop, expand, arrange, add, remove, and customize each little panel. That would be sweet. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) I have a silent PC in my main room, so use the web interface on that most of the time. I find that it works, but I would like more control over the look and feel - much of the screen area is wasted, while some common operations are several clicks. Of course, this is just for me - others will have their own systems. An ideal interface for me would have frames that I could create, move around and customise, into which I could put things - my favourite genres (e.g. a 'Baroque' genre frame that listed my baroque artists), AlienBBC, Playlists, Server settings etc. Then there would be a large frame for whatever the current selection from these subframes is, and a large frame for 'now playing/playlist. Presumably Skins are not easy to write? Is there a guide anywhere? It might be a fun weekend project, one of those that stretches a little beyond the weekend... :) Finally I have stopped using my HTC Universal as it keeps turning off the wifi and connecting to the net on each refresh (that would get expensive quite quickly!); anyway it's just too small and slow. The remote is OK, but the web interface is just faster for the way I like to browse. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) I use the stick remote for my kitchen SB, and a Pronto (I love my Pronto.) in my lounge. The web interface is only used if I happen to already be in the middle of something on a PC. -- SadGamerGeek SadGamerGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6145 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
Its an awful interface Please define "awful". -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) I use the stock remote. It works just fine. I use the web interface (Fishbone) when I have to. What do I think about it? Its an awful interface, but since I don't have to use it that often, I tolerate it. I haven't tried any third party UI yet. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: web ui poll
My 640x480 touchscreen h/PC languishes here because even touch's CSS is Touch == (Nokia770 - fixed window size) Touch and Nokia770 are probably the most advanced skins when it comes to CSS and JavaScript. too advanced for the ancient IE it uses. It's only limitation other than the browser is b wireless, but lack of a mating skin is primarily what keeps it dusty. I'm not mad at anyone for not developing to the least common denominator, but I'm sure a lot of these devices exist. Handheld tries to do so: it uses little CSS, very little JS. It's a compromise regarding features, layout and ressource/compatibility restrictions. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Michael Herger;168353 Wrote: > > Another interesting poll would be about the different skins. > > -- > > Michael > I can hear the stereo from the PC, so find myself Web interfacing often. I use default, which works (well) for me. A framed version of Nokia would be nice for desktops though. My 640x480 touchscreen h/PC languishes here because even touch's CSS is too advanced for the ancient IE it uses. It's only limitation other than the browser is b wireless, but lack of a mating skin is primarily what keeps it dusty. I'm not mad at anyone for not developing to the least common denominator, but I'm sure a lot of these devices exist. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: web ui poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 Question: How do you control the Slimserver? - Stock Handheld Remote - 3rd Party Remote (Harmony, Nokia, PDA, &c) - Web Interface - 3rd Party Computer Interface (Moose, JRMC, &c) Ah, good it lets me choose more than one item (though I doubt the polling software is smart enough to report on that very well). I use the remote at home, and the web page when I am at work. I get along fine with both, though a proper universal remote is always on my wishlist (not because of the Squeezebox, just because every universal I have tried is "almost" right, not quite really right... so at some point I will get a Harmony to program it correctly instead of 'choose the maker of your dvd player from this list and guess which code to use'...) -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
