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Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#112

Fist impressions can never be reproduced, so I'm typing this as I go along: 1) Welcome dialog is... out of place. The design is not consistent with Apple UI guidelines, I can't tell the three options are buttons. 2) The cancel button on the welcome dialog looks like an odd man out. It's just floating there in the center, and I think the caption (cancel) is also something you can improve. 3) I think the now-playing th…

All your points are subjective.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#113
post #112

Fist impressions can never be reproduced, so I'm typing this as I go along: 1) Welcome dialog is... out of place. The design is not consistent with Apple UI guidelines, I can't tell the three options are buttons. 2) The cancel button on the welcome dialog looks like an odd man out. It's just floating there in the center, and I think the caption (cancel) is also something you can improve. 3) I think the now-playing th…

All your points are subjective.

No, they're not. There are Apple-published UI guidelines, there are decades of User Interface research, and there are time-motion studies to back what I'm saying.

FWIW, I've been paid thousands of dollars as an outside consultant to just look at an app provide my initial feedback. If it were just whimsical, subjective musings, I can assure that would not be the case.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#115
post #60

Without AirPlay support, this is pretty much a non-starter for me. But I rarely play music from my computer, so I'm probably not your target audience. Also, I think this is really missing from your FAQ: Q: Why should I use Enqueue instead of iTunes?

You should check out Airfoil. Fantastic third-party app, will let you send any audio to AirPlay.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#119
This is a very good player for Mac.

I've so far tried Cog, iTunes, Winamp for Mac, Fidelia and a couple of other ones (Songbird).

All fail on either two things: 1) FLAC support 2) Ability to handle a very large collection effortlessly, and easily (scan & import, search & play)

On Linux and Windows I've been spoilt for choice with players, but iTunes dominance on Mac has meant that few players have matured enough to offer a compelling alternative.

With Enqueue it's as if you've been doing this maturing in private and now have arrived with all of the basic requirements taken care of and done well. You've nailed all of the core expectations without being distracted by bells and whistles (just take a look at Fidelia's UI and then remember it fails to import more than a couple of thousand tracks per import cycle - they missed what's important, getting your music in there in the first place).

So well done, seriously well done. If I hadn't just put myself on a literal ramen-budget diet I would right now be trying to badger you for your paypal to send you some money.

More than anything, you've just made my experience of being on a Mac considerably better.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#120
The browser is restricted to 3 panels?

And I agree [with the other comments] about the words (menu items along the top), use icons or use the os menu bar.

Preferences should only be where Preferences is in every other mac app. It's the first place I'd look to change the preferences. Why even take the space atop the app?

No font sizes? And resizing the browser panels?

Importing a large library is a problem. Took me a few tries.

Overall I like it, though.

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