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eracode
Enthusiast II
June 8, 2020

New S2 App Not Showing Elapsed and Remaining Track Times

  • June 8, 2020
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Problem as per title -  the new S2 app no longer persistently shows the elapsed and remaining times for the track being played. It does show the progress bar - but not the times as numbers. The times appear when the track starts but then disappear after a couple of seconds. Same thing if you touch the progress bar while a track is playing - the times re-appear, then fade.

There is no setting to control this. I really dislike this - I like to be be able to see the times without having to continuously be tapping the screen. Why on earth would Sonos think it’s a good idea to make this change? Very annoying.

Anyone else feel like this?

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    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    June 9, 2020

    Huh. I like the change, less busy. Guess that’s the challenge of any UI change, some wont like it, some will. 

    Bruce
    wilwong829
    Enthusiast II
    June 9, 2020

    Don’t like this change at all...

      eracodeAuthor
      Enthusiast II
      June 9, 2020

      Huh. I like the change, less busy. Guess that’s the challenge of any UI change, some wont like it, some will. 

      They should make the track times switchable - then everyone can have it the way they like it.

       I love Sonos products but their approach to the user interface is becoming like Apple’s - they are becoming arrogant and telling the user what the user should like and what they can have.

        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        June 9, 2020

        I can certainly sympathize, but I suspect that if it had gone the other way, from not showing to showing track times, there’d be an equally disgruntled group of people. Neither side is “right” for all, they’re just “right” for their personal view. 

        Bruce
        RonPinsonnneault
        Lyricist III
        June 9, 2020

        Make it an option. That will settle it. I want to see time remaining without any interaction.

         

          JohnG666
          Enthusiast II
          June 9, 2020

          I can certainly sympathize, but I suspect that if it had gone the other way, from not showing to showing track times, there’d be an equally disgruntled group of people. Neither side is “right” for all, they’re just “right” for their personal view. 

           

          The problem is that a lot of people will see this as them having removed a useful feature of the software. I know with the software I work on we will always get feedback from users before removing features from the app, but usually we put it on a setting and let the user decide if it should be on or off.

           

            Airgetlam
            Airgetlam
            June 9, 2020

            I hear you. And I hope you’re in the beta group, and are providing that kind of feedback during the beta. 

            Bruce
            JohnG666
            Enthusiast II
            June 9, 2020

            I hear you. And I hope you’re in the beta group, and are providing that kind of feedback during the beta. 

             

            I was in the beta group some years ago but dropped out because of the frustrations of never getting a response or any kind of acknowledgement of suggestions and reports of bugs.

            Maybe it’s different now and worth doing?

            Airgetlam
            Airgetlam
            June 9, 2020

            Nary a clue. I’d hope they listen to the beta testers, but I’m sure there are decisions that aren’t up for debate. It’s always worked that way in all the beta releases I managed for other pieces of software. Feedback was good, but it didn’t automatically mean the team was willing to change something. But it’s certainly a way to get feedback in earlier in the process.  

            Bruce
            flyingpadrejr
            Prodigy I
            June 9, 2020

            If this has been removed deliberately I am sure we will never see it return. Very annoying step back in my view. Track length is basic info and not clutter.

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