Linn Kazoo

[DavidHB]

(12-05-2014 22:01)simoncn Wrote:  It seems to me that the only benefit of using Kazoo with MinimServer instead of Kinsky with MinimServer (both on Windows) is the high-resolution artwork in the "matrix" view. (The equivalent Kinsky display has fuzzy images.) Am I missing something?

The improvements in Kazoo over Kinsky, as I see them, are

• the abandonment of the columnar layout which makes Kinsky, quite literally, a waste of space;
• the fact that the playlist is only visible when you want it;
• better playlist editing (though I am waiting to see if any Android version has better playlist editing than its Kinsky counterpart, which is a mess);
• a 'Now Playing' screen with transport controls and next track information;
• a somewhat tidier layout.

But, compared with, say, Bubble DS, Kazoo is less intuitive, because it uses a different method to access each feature. The tabbed page layout used by Bubble (and MininServer/MinimWatch) is hardly cutting edge programming, but it is consistent, and therefore both functional and intuitive.

Neither Kazoo nor Kinsky is my favourite control point. But I don't think I'd go along with the completely damning comments that others have made. As several reviewers have said of Kinsky, the functionality may be basic by some standards, but the software at least works reliably, on multiple platforms. I would still be interested to know how competing control points on iOS (to which I do not have regular access) compare with the Linn applications.

David