A better way to find tracks on a Zen pla
Large capacity portable players have created a user interface challenge: You have long lists of items (I have almost 5500 tracks stored in my Zen Xtra), and all you have to interact with the player is a rocker switch and a couple of up/down controls.
We are researching new ways to use the up/down controls to quickly locate tracks (or authors, or albums) on a player. If we find a good method, maybe we can convince Creative to implement it in their firmware.
The first method we are trying is one a geek would love, but the general public would probably hate: Using binary search to pick the upper or lower half of the list at each step. For my 5500-track list, it is guaranteed I will find my track in no more than 3 clicks.
Since the method is so counter-intuiti've, the idea is to introduce it to a portable player as a game: The one that locates a song with the fewer number of clicks, wins. After playing the game a few times, users will get the idea.
I believe this method would be superior to touchpads or scrollwheels, but then again, I'm a geek.
So, we wrote this little Windows program that simulates the search. We are looking for volunteers to try it out and give us feedback. These forums seem like the ideal place.
Would one of the forum moderators please tell me if it is possible to post a (zipped) executable for forum users to test and give feedback on?
Thanks.
I have a test program that runs on a Windows machine, emulating the way it would work on a Zen. Before I can suggest a firmware enhancement, I need to test whether it could be accepted by the public. Preliminary results: Computer geeks love it, and video game enthusiasts find it interesting. But I need more feedback.
If you are interested, I'll let you know how to contact me. All you need to do is run it, play with it, and give me your opinion.
Portable electronics is undergoing revolutionary changes, and a lot of innovation is on the way, including voice-activated players, and methods of interaction nobody would have imagined just a few months ago. We are just building prototypes and testing new ideas.
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