Pascal Hibon wrote: 
> Just a thought, please don't take this the wrong way either.
> But maybe jivelite's interface needs to less like the SBT / Controller
> interface. 
> I suppose that people who are using or will be using the CSOS player
> will have an alternative way to control the player. Most people have
> smartphones today and will use that as the remote. I'm pretty sure that
> most people won't like the fact that you need a TV or external monitor
> switched on. 
> Personally, I use iPeng / SqueezePad on various iThings. But I also have
> a Flirc dongle for the "quick actions" (press pause when the phone
> rings, press next when there is a song I don't like, etc). I honestly
> rarely use jivelite, apart from the initial configuration purposes
> (enable TriggerOutput for example). 
> 
> So maybe jivelite should only have the now playing screen(s) and a
> settings menu. It still can accept input for the basic player functions
> (play, pause, power, etc) to be used with a Flirc dongle. I fear that
> things will get too user unfriendly when trying to implement complex
> functions like search with a simple ir remote. 
> What are your thoughts?

That would be similar to the way I use my SB Touch as well. I mainly
start a random play of 1 song, using a Logitech Harmony 525 remote,
after which Spicefly Sugarcube takes over. Picking specific music for
"intense listening" is either through the web interface or through one
of various smartphone/tablet apps ...



Main System: Touch; Marantz SR-5004;TMA Premium 905; TMA Premium 901; BK
Monolith+ FF; HDI Dune Smart D1; Pioneer PDP-LX5090H
iPad 32GB Wifi + Squeezepad (local playback activated)
Acer Iconia Tab A700 + Squeezeplayer
Wandboard Duallite + CSOS R3, integrated LMS activated
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