What should be in the next version of SqueezePad (part 2)

[bluegaspode]

I'd love to see an albumart selection feature similar to iPeng, JRMC, iTunes, you name it.

Hi Soundcheck,
thanks for the suggestion.

Unfortunately it's not very easy to include such a feature (so that most users would like it I guess).

Attached you'll find a design study I once did. As you can see this study adheres to the current SqueezePad layout (i.e. just uses the left menu bar).
One will have bigger covers but to still print the album name there is not enough room left.

Maybe looks a little bit nicer though than the current album view, but much less information -> you probably will be slower with browsing albums this way.


What could be the alternative?
Well - full screen cover wall of course!
But: how to switch from current menu style to full screen cover in a nice and intuitive way?
Also after selecting an album, we have to switch back to the track view so whatever animation we use: it might feel a little bit unsettled if the left menu always grows and shrinks.

So far I didn't come up with a good idea that felt intuitive, but I'm open to any suggestion!
In the end SqueezePad always strives to be more intuitive than iPeng (oh noes, now pippin will answer again ) and I won't sacrifice this main directive for a big but clumsy album wall too easily

[ad6922]

I votes for something else. I use music folders to browse to my music and I hope to see that button
on the main screen which either makes a new button or make it changeable by user (so on the place from the buttons for artists, albums and favorites)

[mcrex]

This is my first post. Congratulations on a wonderful app. Is there any possibility of an ipod touch version? It's so much handier for carrying around in your pocket. many thanks

[bluegaspode]

This is my first post. Congratulations on a wonderful app. Is there any possibility of an ipod touch version? It's so much handier for carrying around in your pocket. many thanks

Hi mcrex,

right now I don't plan a version for iPhone or iPod Touch. I don't even have one of those devices

On your iPod Touch you could either use the Logitech App or iPeng.

[erland]

This is my first post. Congratulations on a wonderful app. Is there any possibility of an ipod touch version? It's so much handier for carrying around in your pocket. many thanks

Just out of interest, did you not know about the Logitech and iPeng apps or is there a specific reason why you would like an iPod Touch version of SqueezePad ?

[nonnoroger]

Something else
If you think your most important feature is not in the list, vote here and comment in this thread.
If this point gets enough votes I'll start the poll again with different options

As communicated to you directly recently, I would vote for the ability to alter menus as on the SB Touch. It would be most helpful for my wife and myself, and I hope others, to be able to have a consistent menu interface between the iPad and the Touch.

Many thanks for all your work on the App!

[oysarl]

First of all, thank your for a great app which I use pretty much every day.

You have probably been asked this several times before, but..

In regards to the "better search" post on the poll, would it be possible to have a search bar integrated in the squeezepad interface separated from the navigation menu? Browsing my own music isn't a problem as I usually just navigate from the album list, but when I am using Wimp and want to make a playlist of several different songs, I find it a bit inconvenient to do many consecutive searches (back to menu, enter Wimp, scroll down to search, etc.)

Another issue I have occurs when I'm making a mixed playlist from wimp and my music library. If I'm using the "always add to end" option, selecting a song in wimp adds that song to the list, while selecting a song from my library adds the entire album to the playlist. I don't know if this is an issue with squeezebox or the squeezepad, and whether it can be fixed either through my settings or with a modification of the app.

Again, thank you for an excellent app, and your attention to the users is admirable.

Best regards,
Øystein

[pippin]

In regards to the "better search" post on the poll, would it be possible to have a search bar integrated in the squeezepad interface separated from the navigation menu?

Another issue I have occurs when I'm making a mixed playlist from wimp and my music library. If I'm using the "always add to end" option, selecting a song in wimp adds that song to the list, while selecting a song from my library adds the entire album to the playlist. I don't know if this is an issue with squeezebox or the squeezepad, and whether it can be fixed either through my settings or with a modification of the app.

You should be able to set "Play other tracks in Album" in your player settings to "off" in the server settings.
Or you can use the context menu (hold the item), if you add through that it should only add a single track.

[oysarl]

You should be able to set "Play other tracks in Album" in your player settings to "off" in the server settings.
Or you can use the context menu (hold the item), if you add through that it should only add a single track.

Thank you for the response pippin, that is exactly the function I was looking for.