Anyone else interested in seeing the Web UI improved? I mentioned this in another thread, so I'll just paste those comments here:
"Personally though, and I've made this suggestion directly to K, I think they should overhaul the Web UI. I'd like to see more done for music playback on both the "fullscreen" and handheld Web UI control templates. On the fullscreen version, I'd like to be able to browse cover art. For the handheld version, having java as a requirement just plain sucks. Ever try implementing Java on a PDA? Beyond that, and more importantly, the functionality of the handheld Web UI control is way too limiting. Now, you might ask what you need more than just basic control for when watching movies. Some folks may have more detailed uses, but generally I agree. For music listening however, they could do much more.
Imagine walking around a house with an iPhone or iPod Touch and controlling music from any or all of your players. You'd be able to browse your library, build a now playing list, see cover art of what is currently playing, etc. Sound farfetched? Well, it can already be done for remote control of various music apps. Check out how an application called Remote Buddy lets you use an iPhone or iPod Touch to control iTunes playback on a Mac:
http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?mo...jcode=html-141
Given the number of these devices out there, it makes sense to develop."
I know that AMX and Crestron installs can give users and integrators much of this, but it seems much simpler if K were doing it directly. The way I see it, if you're going to bother offering a Web UI at all, why not make it as useable as possible? ReQuest offers a customized Web UI for the Nokia N series of handheld internet tablets (http://www.request.com/products/freedom.asp). Olive does as well for their Opus music servers (http://www.olive.us/products/rondo.html). I have both an iPhone and a Nokia N810, so I'd welcome an optimized solution for either.
Jeff
"Personally though, and I've made this suggestion directly to K, I think they should overhaul the Web UI. I'd like to see more done for music playback on both the "fullscreen" and handheld Web UI control templates. On the fullscreen version, I'd like to be able to browse cover art. For the handheld version, having java as a requirement just plain sucks. Ever try implementing Java on a PDA? Beyond that, and more importantly, the functionality of the handheld Web UI control is way too limiting. Now, you might ask what you need more than just basic control for when watching movies. Some folks may have more detailed uses, but generally I agree. For music listening however, they could do much more.
Imagine walking around a house with an iPhone or iPod Touch and controlling music from any or all of your players. You'd be able to browse your library, build a now playing list, see cover art of what is currently playing, etc. Sound farfetched? Well, it can already be done for remote control of various music apps. Check out how an application called Remote Buddy lets you use an iPhone or iPod Touch to control iTunes playback on a Mac:
http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?mo...jcode=html-141
Given the number of these devices out there, it makes sense to develop."
I know that AMX and Crestron installs can give users and integrators much of this, but it seems much simpler if K were doing it directly. The way I see it, if you're going to bother offering a Web UI at all, why not make it as useable as possible? ReQuest offers a customized Web UI for the Nokia N series of handheld internet tablets (http://www.request.com/products/freedom.asp). Olive does as well for their Opus music servers (http://www.olive.us/products/rondo.html). I have both an iPhone and a Nokia N810, so I'd welcome an optimized solution for either.
Jeff