Then there seem to be 2 types of users: those who have the SB in their bedrooms, and therefore more likely to prefer a blank screen when turned off, and those who have the SB in their living rooms, where concern with a blank screen might never exist. You are one kind, I the other.
Andy, expand the logic to be if SqueezeBox is in standby AND theres no screensaver turned on, then dont display any message (brightness=0). ** OR, is it possible, as you seemed to describe in no uncertain terms earlier, to have a separate brightness setting just for the downtime messages, which the user could access via their SqueezeBox website? Pale Blue Ego, the concepts are obscured by the fact that the device never actually turns off, plus the bias AndyG has to always have something displayed on his own SB this is a bias that was just discovered by those reading this thread. Andys bias, which seems to strongly influence the design of the SqueezeBox, runs counter to the notion that OFF MEANS OFF! No one seems to understand that this personal bias of Andys has the effect of waking some users up in the middle of the night for no good reason! Such a circumstance should be impossible. There needs to be a fail-safe installed to prevent this from happening. Its a buzz-kill. And it cant simply be argued that, well, Im in the minority, assuming thats the case. It should be possible to turn the device completely off, easily, without going through some weird, unintuitive ritual of hand movements or finger tapings, and its very odd that the designer of this device intends that it never be off! Its a very eccentric approach to the design which I still havent seen justified, and whatever problem is avoided by this strategy isnt as big as the problem its causing. The suggestion to have a separate brightness setting for the downtime messages would provide an unambiguous and carefree solution to this problem such is the basis for any truly successful consumer good. Whats strange is that even though this was Andys own idea, he now seems to be arguing against it. This aspect of the design of the SqueezeBox is flawed, for the important reasons Ive stated. If its not possible to specifically set the brightness of the downtime messages to 0, so the user isn't startled or awoken at times when the user intends the device to be off, such as when sleeping - and the user has every right to have and express such an intention - then it needs an off switch (like pressing and holding the red button). -- NauticusLX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NauticusLX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8981 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31652 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
