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nipsmg:
Chris:

Nice.
You're absolutely right on all of your points. About your software. It does do a lot of what I want, just not with the specific interface I want. And its not written in VB.

My basic post was about what *many* of the jukeboxes out there are like, and what I'm specifically looking to develop. I was careful not to make a sweeping generalization by saying "All of the jukeboxes out there". I used words like "Many", and "Some", and "Certain" instead of "All".

Yours does have some of the features I like. However, not one has all of them, which is why I'm writing my own. Thanks for pointing it out tho, yours is one of the few free (for non-commercial use) jukebox software packages out there that aren't just forms applications.

oznetradio:
A category screen would be good, with the ability to easily add or delete categories. Came across this one (look at the images at the bottom of the page).

http://discojuke.tripod.com/id1.html

I think it can be used with a button interface or on a touchscreen.

nipsmg:

--- Quote from: oznetradio on August 01, 2005, 07:16:46 pm ---A category screen would be good, with the ability to easily add or delete categories. Came across this one (look at the images at the bottom of the page).

http://discojuke.tripod.com/id1.html

I think it can be used with a button interface or on a touchscreen.

--- End quote ---

Thanks oznetradio..
I had originally intended to just use the ID3v2 tags for categories (i.e. genres), but user definable categories is a possibility (which is, in reality, basically a larger custom playlist.)

Also, as a general note:

I'D LIKE TO GET THIS THREAD BACK ON TRACK PLEASE!!!

I was making a general observation. That's all. Yes there are exceptions to almost every point I made. Everyone please calm down and realize I'm not attacking anyone here. I didn't mean to say anything in a derrogatory fashion, and if I did, sorry. now... i'm going to summarize my first statement to make it easier for everyone:

Does Anyone have any really cool new ideas for a new touchscreen jukebox software project I'm starting?

oznetradio:
As I am not savvy with programming, I can only speak from a user point of view.

I really liked the GUI and design that you used in your first posts (remember the rough mock-up that you did in photo shop? http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=9023.0).

Although I have never used TouchTunes, I like the look of it and your mock-up design captures it wonderfully, and it looks modern.

I would love the ability to also play video. To me, this is more important than having the album details, but if they both could be incorporated it would be a bonus.

The reason I suggested categories in my previous post is that sometimes people can't think of artists to start searching for and need to be "prompted".

Will this be for touchscreen only, or will it have the ability to be controlled by a button interface if preferred?

nipsmg:
Thanks for the compliments.

The interface mockup you saw in my previous thread was just that, a mockup.

It was a very very rough interpretation of what i'm looking to do, and I've changed my ideas a bit since then. However, I plan on making the interface as skinnable as possible, so it can be tailored to your liking.

As far as the touchscreen/computer interface.

I'm sure there are more complex issues I'll be looking at , but the major difference between a touchscreen/computer application is: No mouse pointer. That's easy enough to turn on/off. Of course touchscreen interfaces have to be designed with a users finger in mind as the touch device, so the buttons will be larger. This could be annoying to use with a mouse, but i'm sure i"ll have an option to turn a pointer on.

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