panos_k75;363717 Wrote: > > 1. Browsing Genres>[genre]>All Albums makes iPeng complain that it > can't connect to my server. > > > > > > Have you tried more than once? > > That message comes up whenever iPeng get's a broken result from the > > server. Timeout are a case of a broken result. I used to ignore a lot > > of these, but that made me sometimes lose a broken connection > > completely and I got thrown out of the App Store once because of that > > (the loading.... spinner kept spinning). > > So this is tricky. > > > > > 2. It would be nice if text was scrolling to display long album > names/artists...etc > > > > > > Don't think I get that past Apple, I'm pretty sure it violates their > > UI. I could maybe do this when the list is not scrolling, but I'm not > > completely sure I like it, it looks kind of nervous if you've got 20 > > scrolling lines on the screen (I know what I'm saying, I tried it once > > for the skin). > > And as opposed to the Controller you have no "selected" row on iPhone > > > > > 3. Not sure I like the graphics of the "now playing screen". Would > prefer something similar to the Sonos remote. > > > > > > What do you mean? The big artwork? > > I think that's arguable, but I'm not going to argue about it. I want > > cover art as big as possible and I start to get a bit fed up with all > > these senseless 3d effects iPhone apps have these days... > > > > > > > > > > 4. I think the graphics need to be polished a little, especially on the > > > playlist view. Long track names overlap with the vertical line, the > > > delete icon doesnt seem to align with the horizontal lines, etc...just > > > a little polishing > > > > > > > > > The delete and power icons are smaller. They are supposed to sit on > > the same baseline but that's actually not true for the POWER icon, > > which I will change on some rainy days. > > The overlap... let's see, if I don't want to distort the text I > > would have to cut it... maybe someday... > > > > > > > > > > 5. Would be nice if the playlist view displayed the cover art as well. > > > > > > > > > No it would not. > > a) it becomes really slow, I would have to remove transparency > > then. Maybe I do that some day... > > b) You would have to grow the row height, or it LOOKS ugly with > > those really small covers (I tried it) while they come at the > > expense of some characters of text > > c) If I grow the row height to something useful with artwork, you > > will just be able to show 5 or 6 lines per screen which can be > > quite annoying, especially if you've got a long list and/or you > > want to do reordering. I feel Squidgy shows too few lines and that > > even expends the lower controls. Which I will not do because I got > > too much feedback (and I feel the same), that quick access to the > > main player controls is essential > > > > In the end, usability comes before style which then comes before > > pretty much anything else. At least for iPeng.
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