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<blockquote data-quote="zswman" data-source="post: 71153" data-attributes="member: 20006">I didn't read every word of your post, but I did watch the complete xlobby video and was very impressed.&nbsp; I agree with you, what really should be worked-on in MP is navigation and being able to easily manipulate your media and control the features for presenting it.&nbsp; What seems to be worked is ADDING features, some of which are (IMO) non essential to what a media portal should be about (e.g. chatting tools).That said, I think MP is the best thing I have tried, including my own custom applications for manipulating the media over the web using my Audreys as touch screens.&nbsp; I disagree that &quot;the future is touch screens;&quot; I used to think that too and was basing my applications around that paradigm.&nbsp; What I have found w/ MP is &quot;the future is a hand-held remote control and a TV-like interface,&quot; just like what most people have now through their onscreen program guide, or the features of their DVD player, etc.&nbsp; I don't want a separate screen to manipulate my media, I want it on the same screen I am viewing the media (because much of it IS visual, including visualizations when playing music!).&nbsp; For my money (and I have contributed $$ to MP), I want to see better support of remote controls, like being able to assign any functions to any keys, more consistency across the applications, etc.Just my 2 cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zswman, post: 71153, member: 20006"] I didn't read every word of your post, but I did watch the complete xlobby video and was very impressed. I agree with you, what really should be worked-on in MP is navigation and being able to easily manipulate your media and control the features for presenting it. What seems to be worked is ADDING features, some of which are (IMO) non essential to what a media portal should be about (e.g. chatting tools). That said, I think MP is the best thing I have tried, including my own custom applications for manipulating the media over the web using my Audreys as touch screens. I disagree that "the future is touch screens;" I used to think that too and was basing my applications around that paradigm. What I have found w/ MP is "the future is a hand-held remote control and a TV-like interface," just like what most people have now through their onscreen program guide, or the features of their DVD player, etc. I don't want a separate screen to manipulate my media, I want it on the same screen I am viewing the media (because much of it IS visual, including visualizations when playing music!). For my money (and I have contributed $$ to MP), I want to see better support of remote controls, like being able to assign any functions to any keys, more consistency across the applications, etc. Just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]

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