#LOVE
The Sonos speaker is a monument to simplicity. Two controls are mostly never touched, only for a 1-time set-up, volume and pause. Affordances in the speaker are loud and clear (pun intended). With these two simple controls all speaker functions are provided and work as expected.
The Application continues with the simplicity of the speaker but provides the needed tools and information to perform all functions. It provides clear visibility to the myriad of options that are needed to stream different music to different speakers (or groups of speakers) at the same time, in different volumes. As one navigates through the application, it provides the right feedback to the user so s/he knows the status of each speaker. Also Sono’s consistency made my experience easy and predictable.
#Hates
Why are USB Connectors design in a way that will only fit one side and not both? There is no visibility to figure out what is top versus bottom and how to plug it correctly. Feedback is inexistent as one does not know if the cable is in fact connect properly, having the user to double check all the connection. Apparently, the design has a physical constraint that does not allow the cable to be inserted in any direction. Due to this restraint, and consider the simplicity of its function, the habituation is not as fast as one would expect with a system that just calls for plugging a cable into a charger.