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Gripes
As I played with the radioSHARK, I noticed a bunch of little (and some big) issues that just scream 'Unpolished App'. Most of these could be fixed with a minimal amount of code work.
1. Slider Tuner - I understand using a slider bar for the tuner. It's somewhat intuitive, but there should also be the option to type in the station number directly.
2. No Universal Hotkeys - If I want to pause or change stations, I need to first bring focus to the app. There should be some universal hotkeys that are accessible outside the app.
3. No Scheduling Grid - The radioSHARK maintains your scheduled recordings in a list format, making it difficult to determine if a newly scheduled show will conflict with an existing one. radioSHARK only checks for conflicts after you've entered the show onto the schedule. A better solution would be to have a grid layout, showing where the new show would be scheduled.
4. Scheduling doesn't distinguish between weekdays and weekends - I would like to record shows that are on during the week but not the weekends. The current repeat schedule only allows for 'Every Day', 'Every Week' and 'Every Month'. radioSHARK should offer the ability to only record Monday-Friday. Better yet, it should offer the ability designate which days to record.
5. EQ (Equalizer) button doesn't work - I couldn't get the EQ (Equalizer?) button to work. Is it just eye-candy for symmetry?
6. Crashes and Resets - The radioSHARK is not the best app. Since I've owned it, the app has crashed 5 times and my system has reset once.
7. Doesn't shut down after recording - The app stays up after recording has finished. This can be a problem as turns the sound back on and starts playing the station it was recording.
8. Can't start minimized or to tray - When you start the radioSHARK, it brings up the main window starts playing a station. There is no way start minimized to the tray and silent. This is useful if radioSHARK is set to run on Windows startup.
9. Tabs are illogical in creating a preset and scheduling recording - The tab layout on the windows-widget based windows is illogical and seems random. Considering how easy it is to set the tab order, this is just annoying.
10. Windows are not resizable - None of the windows are resizable, even where it would be logical such as the scheduler.
11. Dragging window loses grip - I'm not sure what is causing this, but if I click on the main window and drag it around the desktop, the pointer loses its grip on the window.
12. The audio buffer appears on the desktop - This should go in the radioSHARK directory. Even if it's a hidden file, it doesn't belong on the desktop.
13. Red Light, Blue Light -I like my computers and components to be as inconspicuous as possible. The radioSHARK insists on glowing blue in standby and red while recording. The app should give the ability to disable the lights. Barring that, I'm going to have do use my clippers to solve the problem.