There has been much rave reviews of the Zune HD’s user interface and how snappy and cool it is. One thing I feel that is truly innovative but has not gotten much attention is its split home screen with list of menus on one side and a visually rich history or favorites on the other side.   Seeing the demos I think this feature will drastically reduce the time and number of clicks required to get to most of the stuff I care about.

I own a iPod as well as a zune and I really wished there was a quick and easy way to access my history, be able to pin some stuff so I can easily get to it. Such a “favorites”  & “ history” paradigm exists almost in every other major software we use (browsers, OS application lists, documents, pictures etc..). It is almost a no-brainer thinking about in hindsight but still iPod (classic, touch) does not have this.

More sample pictures of the quick play feature

Sri