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Big buttons are better, but this still replicates an incredibly annoying UI paradigm that kills me: << > >> or Back, Play [Pause], Forward Whether it's an audi
by gavinlynch 15y ago
Big buttons are better, but this still replicates an incredibly annoying UI paradigm that kills me: << > >> or Back, Play [Pause], Forward
Whether it's an audiobook or music, I'm hitting the play and pause buttons all the time. I don't have particularly thick fingers, but my genius self still manages to accidentally hit the Back or Forward button's instead of Play or Pause about 2 times out of 10. In an audiobook, loosing your place and finding it again is a killer, especially if the book is split into very long segments of audio.
Minor nitpick on a device with such large buttons, but I just find that idea annoying. Could be just me and my obviously adroit digits though :p
- unoti 15y agoI think the world needs an app especially for listening to audiobooks, because that's a special case needing different UI from listening to music. A purpose built app for listening to audiobooks needs a rewind 30 seconds button, like Audible has. It would also need special UI features for moving forward and back through the audio-- the normal slider method works really terribly when listening to a 4 hour long piece of audio where 1 pixel is like 7 minutes.
- tareqismail 15y agoVery true. We tried to accomodate for audiobooks and podcasts by adding 30 second back button and a larger slider that's easier to scrub. It isn't perfect, but is much better than the Music app. You're right though, an app especially for audiobooks with bookmarks, notes, etc. would be great. Thanks for the feedback!