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Consolidate all the remotes
Listener:
--- Quote from: Grenache on May 26, 2017, 05:06:51 pm ---Could you please read the thread before posting something like this? Jim asked me for a specific suggestion, and this is how I feel. I don't claim to speak for "everyone". Nor do I want to impose my "needs and preferences" on other people. And regarding the "Minimal buttons, minimal choices", this is not my idea but something envisioned by JRiver for the new interface.
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I did read your post. The prettyface interface was not described by Jim as a replacement for panel/Gizmo. That is your idea. If all we had was a prettyface interface simplified for beginners, most people using any JRiver interface would lose features that they need. You might too.
Your real problem seems to be that you like JRemote and JRiver doesn't seem to be continuing to develop it.
Listener:
Jim, if you are still reading this thread, I don't care which remote you settle on going forward as long as it these features are supported:
- the same process for browsing and selecting music files to play as provided in current remotes. At each step, the remote displays a list of thumbnails and tag values for the current category. You select one and the remove displays a list for the next category. At each stage an option to "play all" should be present.
- a playing now screen that shows what's playing now. That screen should have play/pause/stop/fast forward/rewind controls.
- Customize views for use by the remote.
- Number of columns of thumbnails and tags displayed can be adjusted so that tag values are not truncated or are truncated at a length that keeps the values distinct.
- ability to select which computer running MC the remote will connect to.
- ability to select an output device - either on the remote or on the computer that the remote is connected to.
- ability to control output volume.
A few options that would be nice:
- custom views that displayed tag values without thumbnails.
- ability to select font sizes (and possibly thumbnail sizes) to make reading the text and selecting values easier.
- ability to customize the playing now information.
Grenache:
--- Quote from: Listener on May 26, 2017, 07:01:08 pm ---I did read your post. The prettyface interface was not described by Jim as a replacement for panel/Gizmo. That is your idea. If all we had was a prettyface interface simplified for beginners, most people using any JRiver interface would lose features that they need. You might too.
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If you read my post, where did I suggest "a prettyface interface simplified for beginners"? On the contrary, I wrote that if we wanted "simple", we wouldn't be using MC in the first place.
--- Quote ---Your real problem seems to be that you like JRemote and JRiver doesn't seem to be continuing to develop it.
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So you think my "real problem" is that I like JRemote? Well, actually I'm not using JRemote at all. I only own Windows devices, including a Windows Phone and several tablets, PC's and laptops running MC, the exception being an old, slow Android tablet where I use EOS. So why would I recommend Jim betting on JRemote when I can't use it myself? Basically, from what I've seen and heard from very happy people using JRemote I believe this is where they should allocate their scarce resources. If I was being selfish, I couldn't care less about JRemote and I should be thrilled by some HTML5 solution that I can use on my Windows devices, but to me it just doesn't seem like the best idea. I'm sorry if you think my posts are way off, but please don't "hate" them. That's a bit harsh.
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