erland;256144 Wrote: > To those that likes the SqueezeBox Controller to be a universal remove I > can honestly say that I had the exact same idea until I felt the Jive > prototype. > > After having the chance to use the Jive prototype I've changed my > feelings a bit. A Harmony remote based on Jive software would be really > great, but my feeling is that it will never be as great as SqueezeBox > Controller to control the SqueezeBox players. The reason is that the > SqueezeBox Controller is optimized to control a SqueezeBox player and > Harmony universal remote won't be. The Harmony remote on the other hand > will be optimized for controlling several types of equipement which the > SqueezeBox Controlder won't be. > > My feeling is that the optimal solution will be: > 1. A Harmony remote which is used for power on your system and doing > simple things like launching a random playlist. > 2. A dedicated SqueezeBox Controller for browsing your library when you > look for something to listen to. >
I'm not really disagreeing with you, but it sure seems to me like the 3-axis accelerometer could make up for missing buttons in a given context. Maybe it wouldn't make a perfect universal controller, but it seems like it could work well for daily-use. But, I guess we won't know until some folks start hacking out code for the thing. Who knows? We might all be surprised by how useful the SBC ends up being. Mitch -- Mitch G ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mitch G's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=548 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
