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fabtastique
Contributor I
January 21, 2017
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Sonos Controller for Mac - when is the interface going to be updated???

  • January 21, 2017
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The Sonos Controller for Mac looks like it was designed in the 1990s, the interface of the iPhone/iPad app is so much better to use and nicer to look at. Why has this not been updated?? When with the Mac Controller be updated? it can't be that big of a job to reskin it . . . ?
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      Best answer by fabtastique
      I received a lot of heat over this post but THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU .... this has finally been updated and its 100000000000000 times more visually appealing !

      14 replies

      ratty
      ratty
      January 21, 2017
      Is this just a matter of form over function, or do you actually have a request for the controller to behave differently?
      fabtastiqueAuthor
      Contributor I
      January 21, 2017
      mostly the way it looks to be honest but browsing your library (larger images to scroll through) would be nicer as I have 2236 albums in my library, 21000+ songs and the small icon is frustrating. but I'd settle for a reskin.
      bockersjv
      bockersjv
      Local Superstar
      January 23, 2017
      The windows one is the same, just been a bit neglected I suppose in favour of handheld devices and voice.
      fabtastiqueAuthor
      Contributor I
      January 25, 2017
      then they should open it up to developers so people who do care and work on it!
      fabtastiqueAuthor
      Contributor I
      July 11, 2018
      still no update, Sonos this is so lazy and actually unacceptable. it is such an easy fix and enough people want it, you are underestimating your users....
      bockersjv
      bockersjv
      Local Superstar
      July 11, 2018
      still no update, Sonos this is so lazy and actually unacceptable. it is such an easy fix and enough people want it, you are underestimating your users....

      Lazy! This year has seen more Sonos development than ever. Alexa voice control, Audible, new Products and iOS and Android updates a plenty.

      Whilst i can understand a degree of frustration, the Windows and Mac controllers are probably now the least used of the controller types. Who are "enough people"? This thread has hardly been a busy one! They both work, work well, and with time are now looking Retro cool ;)

      I don't think insulting the developers will help matters? And I struggle to find what is unacceptable, there have been no promises, there is no major functionality being missed out, which seems perfectly acceptable .
      fabtastiqueAuthor
      Contributor I
      July 11, 2018
      Search the forum, there are enough .... develop form and function as one .... otherwise it will always remain old and tired looking. Should be easy to align with iPad / iPhone apps seems lazy it’s not being looked at
      fabtastiqueAuthorAnswer
      Contributor I
      October 10, 2018
      I received a lot of heat over this post but THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU .... this has finally been updated and its 100000000000000 times more visually appealing !
      Gil Batzri
      Gil Batzri
      Lyricist III
      October 11, 2018
      This all black interface they just rolled out is horrible.

      I can not imagine wanting this over the old controller.

      Black, and dark grey and white.

      It's funereal and hard to read, the icons are smaller, and harder to see as well.

      And most obnoxiously there is no way to toggle it back to the way it used to be, which for the record was just fine.
        Aikane Kai
        Avid Contributor I
        October 11, 2018
        Are you kidding me? This update has made it 100% UNUSABLE on the mac. I restored from back up and will continue to use the older app (which is far from perfect, but 10^1000 better than the horrible color scheme we just got.
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