RockOn - Music Player

[fabrantes]

I have put version 1.2.8 up on the website (only on the website for now-- this is an early, fairly untested version). It includes a widget (very similar to the one from the stock app) but with album art. It also includes some important bug fixes. So if you want to give it a try tell me how you like it.

Note: the buttons on the widget dont do anything for now...

[slimsymeat]

I have the Magic, it's the button on the hands free, when I press it twice it skips tracks which is cool, however when I get an incoming call it will not answer if pressed,

[cannontrodder]

Starting and stopping playback is *slow*. The app itself is pretty slow.

Moving to any point in a song is also hard to do because you've got the slider on an angle and wedged into one half of an already small screen.

I'm also rather pissed off that an app I paid for is being made available for free.

Having your paying users find and report bugs to get it to a release state is not on, throwing that same app up on the web for anyone to get for free later on down the line is just a slap in the face, frankly.

[fabrantes]

I understand what you think about paying for the app, and actually Im a bit surprised you were the first to [publicly] complain :P but:

1. The app has been free from day 1
2. Paying for the app should be seen as a voluntary move if you think it is worth it, or would like to see the app further improved.
3. I have no problems in refunding so just email me the name on your credit card and its done...

To fact of it being slow: true, but it will improve :P

[fabrantes]

just one more thing about moving forward or backwards within the song. The current functionality is: swipe left go back 30secs, swipe right go forward 30 secs (its probably not that intuitive but once you know i think you'll like it)

[cannontrodder]

fab, thank you for the feedback.

I'm not going to moan on about it, just that when I found it on the marketplace, is was not obvious from the description that it was optional/donationware. I don't mind donating and in fact I return from time to time to try it out. As I've paid already, I don't mind waiting until it is 100% ready for *all*.

Also, as a developer myself, I understand that improvements take time, just that I was not aware from the description on the marketplace (which a lot of people guide their purchase on) that there was an alternative way to try this out - this site is not in everyone's bookmarks and I wasn't aware of it being available - something which easily gets lost in this rather long thread!

Perhaps (in hindsight) it would have been better to give each version an expiry (while offering a donation application as well) and then move the app to pay only once you are at zero-known-bugs/issues?

As for swiping to skip 30 seconds, thanks for the tip, I would have never thought to do that. My main reason for that is to listen to podcasts which tend to be longer than normal tunes - you don't really need to be accurate with songs.

Please accept my apologies for any offence caused, I accept my language was a bit harsh but if it stops the nasty comments on the market place then it's worth it.

[fabrantes]

No need to apologize at all... it is my fault as the description on the Market should have been clearer right from the start... but they give us 325 chars there...

also, paid apps (in general) dont make that much sense right now (apart from some noble exceptions), as the amount of selling is pretty low... but that was never my main motivation, however, if it generated some cash maybe I could dedicate more time and get more people to work on RockOn.

[azanutta]

any news in the app?

[fabrantes]

hi everyone,

yes! there are news! this update took me a little more time as the day job has kept me pretty busy.

I have put up a new version online. There is a significant restructuring of the controls:

http://abrantix.org/rockon.php

tap song area: play/pause (which is now faster to respond
swipe right over song area: next song
tap&hold song area: popup song progress for better/faster song seek

no more double taping

also, you can now hold the albums on the list to access its song list (and soon also to change the individual album art).

The song list menus have been redesigned!

Next step is doing manual album art change, and then look into the headset, having previous song, and other stuff that I have been wanting to look into for ages...

Cheers everyone and hope you like it.

[JRocket]

Downloaded and installing, can't wait to see the new song list menu!