garym wrote: > yes, you can do all the controlling you seek (and more) from either of > these apps. EDIT: and you can also turn your tablet into an > additional SB Player itself if you purchase the "player" option on these > apps.
Thanks. The "player" option sounds very interesting. For instance, would the "player" option allow me to take my tablet out by the pool (in the backyard well within range of my wireless router) and stream internet radio and music to it from my computer (running LMS) located inside the house? This would be a great feature if it would do this! pippin wrote: > While I'm obviously biased (I'm the author of iPeng), I have to agree > what's been said above. > iPeng and SqueezePad really follow somewhat different paradigms so you > can't really compare them on a "better" scale independent of personal > preferences. > > SqueezePad tries to be as close to the other Squeezebox UI's as possible > to make it familiar for Squeezebox users and flatten the learning curve > while my goal with iPeng is to make the long-term experience as > efficient as possible. Most iPeng users use the App every day and > typically also several times per day so I believe it pays to invest a > few minutes of learning to get quicker access to the functionality > through things like a flatter menu hierarchy, it's "play modes" to speed > up playlist building, direct access to all your players etc. > > Also, iPeng has been around for longer than the current iteration of the > Squeezebox UI so it has some UI history of it's own that sometimes > borrows more from other iPad Apps than the Squeezebox universe. > > Same on the UI appearance. SqueezePad tries to keep a clean look by > using a lot of whitespace (ok, black space) around UI elements and > accepts to show actual library content only in a very small part of the > screen while iPeng tries to free up as much space for actual library > content as possible so that it can show things like large artwork while > browsing, which in turn probably makes the overall appearance more > crammed. > > It's really a question between: Do you want to stay as closely to the > familiar Squeezebox UI as possible and accept it's limitations > (SqueezePad is still performing much better than the Logi App or > SqueezePlay) or do you want to get as much as possible out of it and > accept that it might sometimes behave or look a bit differently. > > Both Apps have all the functionality of the Logitech App or the > Squeezebox iteself plus some features of their own which you don't get > on any other controller. Thank you for your response. Given the low cost of both apps, I'll probably end up trying both of them. But first I have to wait for my iPad Mini (availability currently says ships in 2 weeks). :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saturn94's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56831 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97366 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
