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User695950
Contributor I
September 12, 2016

SONOS are you reading this? Please put the controller queue function back how it was!

  • September 12, 2016
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I've downloaded version 6.4 of the app. What a mistake. To anyone who is about to do it, DON'T DO IT IF YOU LIKE YOUR QUEUE.

Sonos please put it back how it was. This new app is so awful I am considering selling my entire Sonos rig (6 pieces!) and walking away from you, after what was until this week, many happy years.

Touching on a track because I want to play it, or add it to the queue (the queue that I DID WANT), does not mean I want to delete the whole queue and replace it with the entire album (which I DON'T WANT) which the newly added track comes from.

If I wanted to delete my queue, I would delete it. If I wanted to add the whole album, I would add it using the play all function.

You've just taken something intuitive and user friendly which worked so well and turned it into a worse than hateful mess.

PLEASE UNDO THIS AWFUL, HORRIBLE CHANGE.
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      Stuart_W
      Stuart_W
      World-Class Superstar
      September 24, 2016
      When you search in Sonos you specify what to search for:- Artist, Albums, Composers, Songs and Genres

      You probably noticed Contributing Artist is NOT there. I suppose if you want to be ultra-pedantic you could claim the search isn't "Universal" in that case. However, you might as well complain that as it isn't searching in my sock drawer the search isn't "Universal". In other words your criticism is not fair or proportionate.
      Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
      beynym
      World-Class Superstar
      September 24, 2016
      your criticism is not fair or proportionate.
      It isn't me who invented or uses the phrase 'universal search', it it Sonos.
      Stuart_W
      Stuart_W
      World-Class Superstar
      September 24, 2016
      your criticism is not fair or proportionate.
      It isn't me who invented or uses the phrase 'universal search', it it Sonos.

      And it was YOU who interpreted it to mean searching in every single tag even though, as you know, the search is refined by tag. And the tag you want searched ISN'T in that list.
      Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
      amun
      September 24, 2016
      I could see adding all tracks in album to end of queue actually having a use.

      But you could do that already...
      beynym
      World-Class Superstar
      September 24, 2016
      as you know
      Please stick to the facts you do know.
      Brian_90
      Contributor I
      September 24, 2016
      Please get this sorted it is doing my head in. I'm not the only one in my group of friends. We all hate it. The sooner this is sorted the better. Hope your listening Sonos.
        lkupersmith
        Contributor I
        September 25, 2016
        Thought I'd just add one more voice regarding this disaster of an "update". Sonos... put it back the way it was.
          JoeMD
          Lyricist III
          September 28, 2016
          Sonopad now includes a "Play (Keep Queue)" option which adds the choice at the end of the queue and plays the song/album the way it worked in the Sonos controller before the 6.4 upgrade. I've got the configuration option set to "Always Ask" so the queue can't get overwritten accidentally too. It works great and I'm going to use Sonopad as much as possible as long as Sonos doesn't have a play at end option. In addition, both the SONOS controller and Sonopad can be loaded so I can always use the SONOS controller if needed. Here is Sonopad's release note for the feature: http://sonopad.de/tap-to-play-or-keeping-the-queue-sonopad-lets-you-choose/.
            BoredofBalham
            Prodigy II
            September 28, 2016
            "I have to admit, that personally I’m a huge fan of “tap to play”. Maybe I’m just simple minded – just playing a single album is all a need
            jgatie
            jgatie
            September 28, 2016
            I play entire albums all the time. I used to just search for an album, choose it, and hit "Play all" at the top of the album listing that showed up. I could string together album after album like that if I wanted to. It was easy, intuitive, and non-destructive. What I have no use for is to search for a particular song and have whatever album the version of that song was on play from that track onward while simultaneously loading the previous songs into the queue and replacing all the other tracks/albums I've already loaded, all via one tap.
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