I preordered the new Mac App called Pieoneer when I saw the cool design of the app.

My first stumbling block was when I forgot what the last symbol on the right in this graphic means:

After searching, it is of course the “Tab” key, but normally an App would let you know that. Strangely, if you click on the button and customize the keypress it writes “Tab” instead of the symbol.

What stopped me from using the program after I figured out how to call the Pie on my screen was that to select an option, I had to move my hand to my trackpad and then click.

For me, a launcher keeps your hands on the keyboard, and so I’m going to stick with the built-in spotlight. It was a promising design.

When a company does a software rewrite I’m always interested in the reasons behind it and what they hit and missed. Unfortunately my experience with the new Sonos, Inc. app is mainly miss however things did perform better when I added another mesh router to my network. Was under the impression the speakers would make their own network.

Sonos had a very elaborate beta testing site where they knew everything about all my gear. Was this used to test the new app? Maybe I just wasn’t included in the beta test audience.