I can only talk for myself, but for me the reasons are the following: - Lua: A new language to learn that you won't have use for anywhere else.
- Controller (not player): Any Controller applet could only be accessed through the Controller while a SqueezeCenter plugin could be accessed through all types of remote controls(IR, Controller and iPod/iPhone). So if I can do something as a SqueezeCenter plugin it's preferable to me, especially since I mostly control the Squeezebox with the Harmony IR remote or the iPod/iPhone. - Lack of communication: A general point which I think is similar to what kdf suggests, is that the communication between Logitech and the development community is a lot less today than it was before. Previously you could start a discussion in the development section on the forum and almost always get feedback from the lead developers, today it's possible to post simple questions but it is almost impossible to discuss something regarding the future. Often most of the replies are from end users or from developers that have developed in other projects but not for SqueezeCenter. It should be said that the situation is a bit better regarding questions/discussions on some parts of the code (user interface related stuff). Personally I'm really missing the vision regarding the future, but I suppose it's a good idea for Logitech to keep that for themselves from a business point of view since it might include future products which they don't want anyone to know about yet. The result of all this is that as a third party developer you kind of loose interest when no one seems to be interested in your thoughts, why contribute if there is no interest ? My personal feeling is that communication is the key element to keep the me personally interested in the future, I'm not sure if other third party developers feels the same. I'm not sure if the reason for all this is the Logitech purchase or if it's caused by the fact that some(one?) of the lead developers decided to continue on another road instead of continue as a Logitech employee. If it's caused by the latter things might improve in the future when new employees fully take over the role of the lost employee(s). I'm pretty sure the reasons for less activity isn't caused by the Controller source code licensing as someone suggested in another thread/post, but others might feel different than me regarding this. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53879 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
