pippin wrote: > While I'm obviously biased (I'm the author of iPeng), I have to agree > what's been said above. > iPeng and SqueezePad really follow somewhat different paradigms so you > can't really compare them on a "better" scale independent of personal > preferences. > > SqueezePad tries to be as close to the other Squeezebox UI's as possible > to make it familiar for Squeezebox users and flatten the learning curve > while my goal with iPeng is to make the long-term experience as > efficient as possible. Most iPeng users use the App every day and > typically also several times per day so I believe it pays to invest a > few minutes of learning to get quicker access to the functionality > through things like a flatter menu hierarchy, it's "play modes" to speed > up playlist building, direct access to all your players etc. > > Also, iPeng has been around for longer than the current iteration of the > Squeezebox UI so it has some UI history of it's own that sometimes > borrows more from other iPad Apps than the Squeezebox universe. > > Same on the UI appearance. SqueezePad tries to keep a clean look by > using a lot of whitespace (ok, black space) around UI elements and > accepts to show actual library content only in a very small part of the > screen while iPeng tries to free up as much space for actual library > content as possible so that it can show things like large artwork while > browsing, which in turn probably makes the overall appearance more > crammed. > > It's really a question between: Do you want to stay as closely to the > familiar Squeezebox UI as possible and accept it's limitations > (SqueezePad is still performing much better than the Logi App or > SqueezePlay) or do you want to get as much as possible out of it and > accept that it might sometimes behave or look a bit differently. > > Both Apps have all the functionality of the Logitech App or the > Squeezebox iteself plus some features of their own which you don't get > on any other controller.
Any plans for a Squeezeplay-like client for Mac OSX? I use a Mac Mini in our family room as the platform to pick up music via Squeezeplayer from the LMS on my NAS as well as movies via VLC. I love iPeng on the 4s phone and iPad. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rrosen999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57637 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97366 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
