{"id":38394,"date":"2023-02-07T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=38394"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:10:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T22:10:04","slug":"from-itunes-to-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/from-itunes-to-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"From iTunes to Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louie Mantia<\/a> (via John Gruber<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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As part of this same release, I also redrew iTunes<\/em> controls, like the playback buttons, LCD, and volume slider. I suggested making the “stoplight” window controls vertical, to eliminate the titlebar since that entire toolbar was grabbable. (Not everyone loved it, but Panic adopted this style for Coda!)<\/p>\n

One day during the development of this release, Steve requested to remove all the icons from the [iTunes] sidebar because it was getting too busy. My heart sank. Icons are my life. How were were going to navigate such a long list without icons that hint at the type of list item? In a last-ditch effort to save icons in the sidebar, I created shaded monochrome icons for the source list, and Steve approved them. This style of icon inadvertently became the de facto style of sidebar icons on a system level for the next decade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

A book could probably be written about the influence of iTunes on the design of Mac apps from Apple and third-party developers.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n