Favorites and Queue Differences in the new system
Tue, 2011-03-29 10:06
We have been asked by several existing Zinc customers why they cannot see their Favorites and Queue in the new Zinc.tv. The PC Zinc application was based on RSS Feeds. The Favorites was a list of Feeds and the Queue is a private feed. In the new Zinc.tv the system is based on a consolidated show record in the database. In the PC Zinc system you favorited the Fox "Family Guy" feed, in the new system you would favorite Family Guy (which might contain episodes, from multiple providers). The PC Zinc system allowed for users to favorite external RSS feeds too. That functionality has not been added yet to the new system.
We have considered building a migration tool, but are concerned that we will not be able convert all of the favorites cleanly. There are many use cases and we do not expect that customers have a huge number of favorites to convert.
Wed, 2011-03-30 16:00
#2
We recognize that users want to extend the system with external content, and have that functionality in the plan.
Tue, 2011-05-10 15:34
#3
What is the "new system"?. I started using the Zinc Browser on my Macintosh in November of 2010. I reviewed it for my Macintosh User's Group and recommended it.
http://pmugnews.blogspot.com/search/label/browsers
I have found it very useful, with its ability to sort bookmarks and searches in alphabetical order. I have also run it under XP (with Parallels) and Windows 7 (on a remote PC). The main difference between the MAC OS and XP/Windows 7 version is the ability to include Applications and Video Sites from the "home" computer.
There seems to be a difference in the way queued items are played. Mac tends to return to the originally played page rather than continuing on. Windows versions work as expected.
I use Zinc to Search for various composers and musical performances. I am not that interested in the Categories, Sites, and Recently Added. I have queued some shows and movies. Sites bookmarked or favorited (I am a bit confused over the difference), and queued have appeared on the remote PC running Windows 7. Sites favorited from the PC did not appear to come up on the Mac though.
In the last month or so a pop-up informed me of the Zinc.tv website that would run on top of any browser. (Is that the "New System"?). I tried it and, at that time, was told that my Browser (the Firefox 3-based Zinc) was too old so i launched Firefox 4, accessed it, and immediately was disappointed to find that. Even with "leanback" (don't understand the significance of the name)
- I couldn't do the You Tube or Google searches and mark favorites (which later come up as bookmark lists).
- None of my favorites or queued shows that i had selected from the browser appeared.
- It seemed a bit slow.
I have read pros and cons about whether you will continue to support the browser. I sincerely hope you do. You might bring its Firefox 3 core up to Firefox 4 standards.
Sincerely a user satisfied with the browser; will never use the website.
The ability to favorite external RSS feeds, as well as websites, was a great feature of PC Zinc. I hope that these functions will be added to the new Zinc.tv. I only had five or six RSS feeds so a migration tool would not be too important to me.