{"id":1315,"date":"2006-09-12T20:57:52","date_gmt":"2006-09-13T00:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/12\/showtime\/"},"modified":"2006-09-18T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2006-09-18T20:28:14","slug":"showtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/12\/showtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nI don\u2019t mind that iTunes 7 is inconsistent with other applications, because I assume that everything will look like this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkmac.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/09\/itunes-7-sounds-death-knell-for-aqua.html\">in Leopard<\/a>. What I do mind is that it\u2019s so internally inconsistent and <em>ugly<\/em>. I don\u2019t like the reflections (especially on the capacity gauge). The iPod configurator is a bunch of controls on a scrolling white background (with awful tabs); it feels like a Web page. Elsewhere, the swaths of gradient in the background remind me of Windows. More on the new interface style from <a href=\"http:\/\/dsandler.org\/wp\/archives\/2006\/09\/12\/itunes-7-dissection\">Daniel Sandler<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/andymatuschak.org\/articles\/2006\/09\/12\/what\">Andy Matuschak<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nThe new views are nice, but I was hoping for a way to show cover art in the mini-player, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sprote.com\/clutter\/\">Clutter<\/a>-style. And why isn\u2019t it possible to change views from the menu bar?\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\nGood job on the cover art fetching, though I haven\u2019t tried it yet since I\u2019d already added all the covers manually.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\nThe right-pointing music store arrows are now shown only for the selected tracks. This makes it look a bit cleaner, but it\u2019s an odd UI precedent.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\nMy iPod shuffle no longer appears in the source list when it\u2019s not plugged in, which means that it\u2019s no longer possible to add and re-arrange tracks with it disconnected.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\niTunes forgot that I like my Shuffle\u2019s music converted to 128 kbps, and the second time I launched it, it forgot where my library was the standard location.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n\u201cBuild your collection over multiple libraries, and keep them on different hard drives to save space.\u201d This seems the same as before. How does iTunes 7 make it easier?\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nUpdate: <a href=\"http:\/\/earthlingsoft.net\/ssp\/blog\/2006\/09\/itunes_7\">Sven-S. Porst<\/a> comments.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nUpdate 2: More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkmac.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/09\/disecting-gloomy-unified-in-itunes-7.html\">Rory Prior<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shahine.com\/omar\/iTunes7.aspx\">Omar Shahine<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcelhearn.com\/article.php?story=20060913090151446\">Kirk McElhearn<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nUpdate 3: More from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.secondinitial.com\/archives\/2006\/09\/strike_1_for_itunes_7.html\">Lee Bennett<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/dancre\/archive\/2006\/09\/13\/752189.aspx\">Dan Crevier<\/a>. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macosxhints.com\/article.php?story=20060912174429807\">Mac OS X Hints<\/a>, the multiple libraries feature is simply that you can hold down Option at launch to choose a library. Perhaps I had accidentally done that when I reported, above, that iTunes 7 had forgotten where my library was.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nUpdate 4: <a href=\"http:\/\/decaffeinated.org\/archives\/2006\/09\/14\/and_now_i_regret_it\">Chris Clark<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oreillynet.com\/mac\/blog\/2006\/09\/itunes_7_cover_art_strangetude.html\">Scot Hacker<\/a> say that album art downloaded by iTunes isn\u2019t stored in the MP3 files. Also, when I select a single track and choose Get Album Art, iTunes starts getting art for my entire library. I don\u2019t want that, because of the reports that it will mess up existing art that I\u2019ve hand-chosen. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcelhearn.com\/article.php?story=20060914102437823\">Kirk McElhearn<\/a> writes about gapless playback. <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2006\/09\/showtime_big_picture\">John Gruber<\/a> covers the big picture.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nUpdate 5: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macosxhints.com\/article.php?story=20060913032817384\">Mac OS X Hints<\/a> shows how to change the capital letters in the source list. <a href=\"http:\/\/aldoblog.com\/blog\/558\">Michael Alderete<\/a> has some interesting comments on the new Nanos. <a href=\"http:\/\/brockerhoff.net\/bb\/viewtopic.php?p=1964#1964\">Rainer Brockerhoff<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codepoetry.net\/2006\/09\/12\/itunes_7_0\">Adam Knight<\/a> discuss the cross-platform iTunes 7 interface. <a href=\"http:\/\/37signals.com\/svn\/archives2\/reflections_are_the_new_drop_shadows.php\">Jason Fried<\/a> says that reflections are the new drop shadows.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nUpdate 6: John Gruber <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2006\/09\/showtime_ipods\">examines the new iPods<\/a> and provides a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2006\/september#sat-16-blue_itunes\">pre-release screenshot of iTunes 7<\/a> with an even more Windowsy interface. Daniel Wilson has <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wilsonet.com\/archives\/2006\/09\/16\/facelift\/\">more iTunes 7 analysis<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nUpdate 7: I just imported a CD, and iTunes 7 wouldn\u2019t let me paste or drag cover art onto a selection of multiple tracks. It only worked if I set the cover art one track at a time. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macuser.com\/huh\/now_you_see_the_chapters_menun.php\">Mac User<\/a> reports that iTunes 7 hides and shows the Chapters menu based on what kind of track is playing\r\n(via <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2006\/september#mon-18-itunes_chapters\">John Gruber<\/a>).\r\n<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t mind that iTunes 7 is inconsistent with other applications, because I assume that everything will look like this in Leopard. What I do mind is that it\u2019s so internally inconsistent and ugly. I don\u2019t like the reflections (especially on the capacity gauge). 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