11-15-2007, 09:57 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 81
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Was it really an upgrade?
I don't get why every seems happy about our "upgrade" this week. From my perspective, the tradeoffs achieve parity at best. Here's how I see the score:
Desktop software
I'm really horribly underwhelmed here. Sure, part of this is a bad feeling due to the mangling of my catalog (80% of the content was erased from my device, the collection was mangled, and no matter what I do, I seem to be stuck with a cover image from Megadeth applied to Dan Levinson & His Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra). To me the Genre and Year lists were more important than the Album lists, I'm going to miss them. They destroyed one playlist by deleting its tracks from the device, and I can't build it back up because it was generated from the Year view.
Advances- Supports WiFi sync (which I don't use anyway)
- Ummm... I really can't think of anything else
Declines- No more listing by Genre
- No more listing by Year
- Mangle your catalog on upgrade
- Trash cover art
- Put copies of random tracks into random albums (Ozzy under Johnny Cash? Hmmm)
- Song ratings are left behind
- Can't see actual sync status, just a percentage
Device Firmware
The interface is more visually attractive, but it seems like they sacrificed function for form. There's still a huge missed opportunity that must be a marketing decision, that the device's file system will not be available to the desktop. This is terrible, and for what reason?
Advances- Wifi sync that I don't use
- Slightly loosened restrictions on music sharing (that I don't use)
- Go to artist option (I think that's new), but why not other Goto's?
- Ummm... I can't think of anything else
Declines- Album view contains less information -- artist isn't shown unless the album is selected.
- For non-upgraders, EQ has been removed
I may have missed something in those brief lists, but if so, it's not something that's important to me.
Judging from these things that I've noticed, it seems far from clear that the situation is an improvement, more like just a ... change.
If they could give me back the desktop Genre and Year lists I would be less dissatisfied, but even so, they can't give back the 3 hours I wasted putting my collection back in order after they mangled it.
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