Terms used to describe parts of the Zune Software window

[Zunerama Ed.]

I think it will help our tech support, and troubleshooting, if we start to use consistent terms for the various parts of the Zune Software screen.

I've created some graphics that indicate the different screen areas, and noted what that part of the screen is called in Microsoft's online documentation.

I've also indicated the filename of each graphic. Feel free to use them if they are helpful when you're explaining something to a new Zune user in a thread.


Address bar

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-addressbar.jpg

Change layout

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-changelayout.jpg

Options

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-options.jpg

Sign-in

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-signin.jpg

Media Selectors

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-mediaselectors.jpg

Navigation Pane

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-navpane.jpg

Details Pane

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-detailspane.jpg

Task Selectors

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-taskselectors.jpg

List Pane

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-listpane.jpg

Playback Controls

filename: http://www.zunerama.com/graphics/zunesw-playbackcontrols.jpg

[aaron00lee]

nicely done

[xoom]

what do you call the main window when a song list is in there playing?

(i have another post commenting about it)

i called it the "now playing" list.

[Zunerama Ed.]

I think I would still refer to it as the Details Pane.

[Geekinthepink]

i think personally this software works better and is laid out much much better than iTunes ..... but that's just me ya know

[SamFishersFan]

The Zune software is so colorful...

The iTunes software is just so blah... It's just grey on grey

[zbroszczyk]

i agree about the software.it is laid out better ad is indeed more colorfull.i also think it has way more options than itunes.

[InSaNe]

Beside the zune software load ALOT faster than the itunes software. I got an itunes gift card this past christmas and when i was shpping it would take forever for me to chnag screens and navigate through the itunes store. I evetually did and downloaded some albuams and then converted them to mp3 format and are now currently on my zune for easy listening.

[andrew_sea]

Is there an explanation somewhere for each of the "functions" you have so kindly "labeled".  I'm hoping I can find a lot more than just a Descriptor, as I am not MP3 device-literate (but very PC competent)?

I just cannot understand this interface nor make it work properly. There are multiple icons and "hot links" which I do not know in which context to use. And the Zune site offers no Help Guide on this point.  Similarly, I can't find any reference to this screen on the Zune How-To site, or FAQ or in the KB. Which is why, I guess, I can't get some sense out of the KB?

What I'm struggling with most is the list of "folders" on the left hand side of the screen; I haven't figured out what belongs to what "folder".  Besides being ignorant about the subtle "functionality" inherent in this screen, I'm also hampered by (after several weeks of trying and giving up) is how to download multiple Audio discs + chapters; i.e. without them merging into the same chapter numbers. But that is another story ............

Appreciatively,  Andrew C