I like the M3K sound and build, but the UI is definitely improvable. Few basic improvements for next firmware update
- Sort files by "date modified"
- When title length is longer than display size, horizontal scrolling is VERY slow (less than 1 character per second !!)
- Option to change font size
Thanks in advance to FIIO staff
Completely agree about the scrolling and the sort by date modified option.
also it takes ages to go from A to Z in a big library.
-If the scrollbar was rather used to scroll through Letters instead of going through file names one at a time. (like the windows start menu after clicking on a particular alphabet shows # numbers then A to Z, just to clarify the idea). Leaving the forward and reverse buttons for fine scrolling like it already is. It would make the interface a lot more easier to navigate through.
These refinements will make it a wholesome experience adding to the good sound that it already delivers.
Also playlist can be improved, I like the one in Rockbox:
select files to be added to the playlist in the browser without open the single file, then open a menu, then add to the playlist.
User gourab1995 and I 4 months ago made some easy suggestions for improving and correcting a quite bad User Interface but the last update is only a bug fix ignoring all the many user opinions.
I confirm my opinion on M3K: good hardware for a good price but very annoying UI.
I have have now 2x M3Ks, both on FW145.
1. FW145 has not changed anything regarding battery usage, it is still the same, exceptionally good, but the battery indicator is really unlinear, dropping rapidly from 2/5.
2. FIIO rep: can I suggest something new regarding battery usage? Please add an option of "Cumulative Battery Run Time" with user reset for precise evaluation of the critical player feature. Users could reset it after a 100% recharge and examine the result after full discharge. I realize that no existing player has this feature, but I hope you are open to some new innovations.
Maybe it could be useful an option to use a numeric value to display the battery level