[Arm_The_Homeless]

Okay, where to start...

First of all, what exactly does ergonomy mean or refer to? Sorry if that's a dumb question, but I can't honestly say I've ever even heard of that word before. Now onto the complaints:

-What is the point is changing the equalizer in just ONE click ? The ones among us that changes equalizers with every song must be real rare... so why did they put a shortcut for it, shortcut that can be TOO EASILY trigger and thus is a real pain in the ass ?

Well, turns out I'm one of those people. Unless I'm doing something that completely takes my attention away from the music, I'm changing equalizer settings every 1-5 songs probably. Especially if I have the player on shuffle. If I'm listening to an awesome album that just flows on its own then maybe not, but there are very few albums that I don't find myself changing equalizer settings every few songs.

-What is the point of this "Total : xxx" screen ? None. I mean, who really cares about the # of songs they have on their recorder... ah, ah. vital to know. Actually, this screen shouldn't even have been implemented. It is just a HUGE mistake in ergonomy. Why ?

I like it...I'd rather look at that as a main screen than the root menu. I think it's refreshing after trolling through your music collection.

-i want to change songs. But not while playing another one. I have to press Stop then the browse button again : Yeeeeeeeeha. that's ease of use.

If I understand this question correctly, you can queue a song while another song is playing without stopping the song currently playing. Just click the navi button, browse to the file you want, and press the A/B button. The selected song will play when the song currently playing finishes, or as soon as you pres right on the joystick.

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-if i am at the root directory and press stop by mistake POOF i go to this farking screen again and start over : cool.
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As I said before, I like that screen. I (and others) like to see how many songs are on my player every once in a while.

-Why can i jump from directory to directory while playing using the easy REC button on the remote, and NOT while browsing ?????? how frustrating !!!

No comment. I rarely use the remote.

-Why do i have to be on this USELESS "Total" screen to be able to view my playlists ?? and not browsing nor playing another song ? Ah, call that ergonomy.

Maybe that'll change with the new firmware with the OTF playlists. Who knows.

Why would someone buy something which is a pain in the ass to control ? Why ? I basically have no idea...

I happen to like the controls...sure, there could be some minor adjustments made, but nothing that would change my decision to buy my H140. If you hate it that much, then go buy an iPod. Enjoy their simplistic controls and menus, because the H1xx is just SOOOOO hard to control.

At this point, I don't think there are many people who don't want the firmware. Sh*t happens. Sure the progress updates could've been better, but iRiver especially have many things to worry about other than H series firmware. I'm not implying that it's not important or anything, but it will eventually show up. It'll improve the players, but it's not anything absolutely vital that no one will be able to live without. That's where I'm at now. I was mad at the beginning, but at this point I've just sat back and relaxed. I look for it every time I open up my browser to the Mistic home page, and one day it'll be there and I'll install it and I'll be that much happier with my player. But until that day, I'll live with how it functions now, and I'm still certain I have the best mp3 player on the market.

I'm done my rant (I assume this will be moved over to Rants & Raves very shortly). Just relax, listen to some reggae or ska or something else you enjoy, and everything will be fine...