Wishlist for Sonos Controller Improvements

"Why on God's green Earth there's an SMB security debate in a thread about improvements in the Sonos controller..."

... because this is a suggestion on how to improve the software running the controller? Isn't that the section we're in? Some fellow forum users wanted more background on why I thought this was important - is that bad thing? You may not consider this a pressing issue; we can agree to disagree. Cheers.

As others have pointed out this is completely fallacious. The controller doesn't communicate with the share. Given you've posted the exact complaints in other threads rather than starting your own it is clear what your Modus Operandi is

Convert the Win32 Windows app to a Windows 10 app with the Desktop Bridge (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/desktop)

That will help with people getting Windows 10 S machines later in the year.

maybe be able to listen to whats playing on the TV through the headphone jack on the phone ??

I apologize for thinking this was a wish-list for Sonos software in general. I thought we were in the software development forum section here. If you only want to focus on the Controller UI and features thereof, great. You may not consider the lack of SMB2+ support a big deal, no worries. The snarky responses are not particularly helpful.

Anyhow, do consider that the controller is rather useless without the software/hardware combination of the ZP actually playing the music. The ability of ZP's to independently access and play NAS content is one of Sonos' differentiators vs. its competition. Cheers.

On the older version of the controller, all you had to do to add a song to the queue was search it and double click it and it became the next song up. For the last few years, if you do that it replaces the entire queue. Which means adding a song takes more clicks. Still annoying, after all these years...

More than 30 items in Sonos Favorites. It should be unlimited.

Adding an item today brings up this unfriendly, passive-aggressive error: "Unable to add favorite. You can remove existing favorites to make room" it says.

Who the hell are you kidding?

I really don't have time or interest in deciding what my "top 30" is just because some UI fascist at Sonos decided that should be all I'm allowed. I have 10,000+ albums in my library alone, let alone from streaming services. So it's hardly unusual to have a big list of favourites.

It should be unlimited. If you want to avoid UI scale creep, give me folders.

Are any of the Sonos speakers powered by power over Ethernet or have the ability?

Odd place to ask the question, this is a thread about Sonos controller improvements, but no, none support POE currently.

the ability to see which device (e.g Kieran's Laptop) added a song to a queue

when an entire office has access to the sonos, this would finally hold those accountable for what's playing 😃

I would really like to be able to see my Library by 'recently added' (maybe only the last 30 albums/tracks) - it was a feature I used a lot with my logitech as I am a binge downloader and its an easy way to find the new music I have bought.