Originally Posted by ToutSuite

The new firmware is definitely an improvement. Now you're presented with six discs, as if you were looking a six disc changer. Each disc corresponds to a different way of browsing (and this may not be the correct order): playlist, artist, album, genre, audiobook, and podcast. Once you select a "disc," you then browse just as you did previously through a playlist - up and down arrows to go through folders and songs one at a time. The discs themselves aren't labeled, and instead you get a text box which pops up when you select one, telling which mode you're in ("Artist," "Album," etc.). This box disappears after a few seconds.

Originally Posted by mikieboyblue

Does this mean you must still use a playlist even for the artists? Or does the artist 'disc' read all songs on your iPod and create a virtual playlist -- just like when you use the actual iPod to search your songs by artist?

Originally Posted by ToutSuite

When you click on the artist 'disc' you can then scroll through the artists on your iPod, just as you would if you were using the actual iPod to browse. If you stop on an artist, it will begin playing that artist's songs in order (or random, if you have that selected). It will remain on that artist until you decide to move to another artist.