Nostromo;136267 Wrote: > I'm somewhat new to the open source scene. And I think I understand your > point of view, up to a certain point. You put a lot of "blood and > sweat", to improve SlimServer and we're all greatful for it. And you > were not paid for it. > > But try to understand our point of view. We bought the Squeezebox to > listen to music. That's our hobby. A lot of us here can't help you > guys. I certainly can't program, I don't have the time to learn to > program, and I don't want to learn to program. All I can do is point > out bugs or features I'd like. So are you asking us to shut up?
I don't think that's what he's asking. I think the statement "nobody does anything" goes beyond just writing code. I think what's trying to be said here is that complaints are often thrown around in the general forum by those who won't even spend the time to formulate a well crafted idea for a solution. Saying things like "god, the web interface sucks" isn't constructive. And there's a lot of that which flies about. I would, however, strongly disagree with the statement that no one ever does anything. Examples: Wouldn't it be great to be able to use slimserver's capability in a responsive application on a PC? A: Softsqueeze I'd really like a native GUI app to be written to control my squeezebox. A: SlimRemote, Moose, TelCanto I want to see the Minnesota Twins score update on my squeezebox display. A: SuperDateTime The web interface feels so 1990s, and page refreshes are for the birds. A: Fishbone, ExBrowse, Nokia770 (had to toot my own horn somewhere) the list goes on an on. Sure, there's 10 complainers and a 100 non-coders for every 1 that ends up writing something to extend the squeezebox/slimserver feature set, but IMHO it's truly amazing what's been done by a community of hackers. For the record, don't shut up. Just be nice, offer ideas, and watch things move forward. #!/ben -- bklaas "the Nokia770 skin guy" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
