toby10;526033 Wrote:
> ShoutCast alone lists over 33,000 streams, and ShoutCast does not
> include every stream out there.
Let's see. Assuming you can dial through 4 stations per second (if you
still want to read the station names, not just skip over them), that
would take 8250 seconds, or in ot
PeteCress;525822 Wrote:
> The idea seems tb to support the "short wave radio" image: somebody sits
> down with the thing and just tunes different stations, sort of exploring
> the air waves. There's a dial: just twiddle it and see different
> stations.
Just seeing the names wouldn't help much.
linvale;526019 Wrote:
> Doesn't the internet radio selection basically do this already -
> starting with staff pics and other localities and genres looks like a
> fairly good way to do this?
Yes, which was my point. :)
But the OP's client wants a home menu item that displays every/all
interne
Doesn't the internet radio selection basically do this already -
starting with staff pics and other localities and genres looks like a
fairly good way to do this?
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toby10;525790 Wrote:
> Seems rather silly to me. Why would I want to sift through many
> thousands of of unrelated stations to find the few that are of interest
> to me?
> Four *clicks* from the Home Menu and I'm presented with a list of
> related stations. I'll take four *clicks* over thousand
Seems rather silly to me. Why would I want to sift through many
thousands of of unrelated stations to find the few that are of interest
to me?
Four *clicks* from the Home Menu and I'm presented with a list of
related stations. I'll take four *clicks* over thousands of *clicks*
sorting through th
> In the interest of placating a technophobic user
I would have thought showing a list of 10k stations would intimidate
and not placate such a user.
All you need to do create a text file with list of station names and
their associated URLs and then use a text editor to change it into an
OPML fil
why not just add your favorite 100 or so stations to your FAVORITES
list.
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usch;525704 Wrote:
> How would you dial through a flat list of 10.000 stations?
>
> (Just guessing the number, probably there are even more.)
Sloppy wording on my part, now revised.
We just want a lot of stations w/minimal drilling down.
Maybe some automated approach to creating a humongous pl
How would you dial through a flat list of 10.000 stations?
(Just guessing the number, probably there are even more.)
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In the interest of placating a technophobic user, I'd like to add a new
"Home Screen" option: something like "All The Freaking Stations In The
World".
That way, the user can simply:
1) Turn on the device
2) Choose "All The Freaking Stations In The World"
3) Explore to their heart's content jus
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