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Aurender iPad app is visually very nice and serves the end user well. For example, the letters of the alphabet
along the right edge of the screen are very subtle and are only highlighted when in use. This helps keep the
user's mind on music rather than a cluttered interface resembling an Excel spreadsheet. The Aurender iPad
application features a slide-able window to view album covers yet still view the queue. When visible this window
enables easy selection of music in one's entire collection or the limited number of tracks in the queue. This same
slide-able window covers up lesser used controls, buttons, and metadata yet these features remain easily
accessible with the flick of a finger. This visually pleasing sliding window serves functionality. One item within the
app that appears to serve no purpose but to delay the users' navigation is the "spinning" of album art and "page
peel" when viewed in full screen mode. For example, when tapping the currently playing album's cover image in
the upper left corner of the app, a full screen image of the cover art appears. On this screen the user can switch
to view the queue in full screen but after tapping the button the entire window either spins around 180 degrees
or does the PowerPoint-like page peel effect on its way to displaying that which the user selected. This is using
technology just because one can. My biggest problem with the Aurender iPad application is its lack of high
resolution thumbnails for all the album art. I mainly browse my entire collection by scrolling through the album
view within the app. The small cover art images in this view are less than good. Much of the text on album covers
is illegible, not because it is too small but because of the amount and type of image quality and file size reduction
used by the Aurender app. A visually appealing cover image in high resolution enables easier recognition of
specific items such as an Analogue Productions logo or Mobile Fidelity stripe identifying an Original Master
Recording on top of the album cover. Plus, looking at pixelated images in 2014 on an iPad more powerful than
many computers ten years ago can really enhance one's experience with an audio system as a whole. An
example of high resolution thumbnails done right can be seen in the JRemote iPad application for controlling
JRiver Media Center. Fortunately the Aurender iPad application displays a very high resolution image, provided
the user included such a quality version, when viewing the album art in full screen. The application also displays
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