Add + and - Speed Controls to the Player so that we don't have to open the speed adjustment fly out window to adjust the speed
I love the Plus and Minus buttons in the Speed Adjustment fly out, and I use them dozens of times a day. Here are some problems with the fly out window:
1) When I'm watching a video podcast it covers up the video content.
2) It's an extra, unnecessary step to first open the speed adjustment window to then adjust the speed. This is fine for people who set it and forget it, but it would be great to have a less cumbersome option for users like me that adjust the speed and up and down all day long.
Many people like to adjust the speed throughout a podcast. Sometimes I don't care about a topic, so I speed up to blast through it. Sometimes the speaker is talking fast, technically, or with an accent, and so I like to slow it down.
Reading other feedback posts, I see that many of users have been trying to articulate this wish. I believe that the following solution would have multiple benefits:
1) Let us customize the buttons across the top of the Player screen. I'm talking about the buttons just below the device notification bar, and to the right of the word "Player." I never use the Sleep Timer, so I would remove that. I never Star podcasts as Favorites, so I would remove that button as well. That would leave more than enough space to add - and + Playback Speed control buttons on either side of the existing Speed Adjustment button.
2) The beauty of this solution is that you would let the users customize which buttons are at the top of the Player screen. I'm sure many people do use the Sleep Timer or the Star Favorite button, so those people would keep the default layout. Others, like myself would be elated to be able to customize it.
3) In the car layout, we should have the option to make those top buttons larger so that it would be easier to press the + or - while driving.
Your app is the best Podcast app in the world! Thank you so much for your awesome development. One of the reasons that I love it so much is that I can customize just about everything to my tastes.