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Of all my problems and concerns about iTunes. Not for a single moment have I ever thought "I wish that search box was a bit bigger" or "that darn cover flow ico

Of all my problems and concerns about iTunes. Not for a single moment have I ever thought "I wish that search box was a bit bigger" or "that darn cover flow icon is wasting too much space, I wish there was more blank grey space here". Performance increases will save iTunes. Not this horrendous "smart UI" idea. I hate being so harsh in a comment, and feel mean for writing it. But iTunes is one of the worst programs I use on a regular basis (I have an iPhone) and practically dread using it, to the point where I don't sync my phone as often as I'd like just to avoid the kludge. It makes my 2.4GHz MBP feel slow. Nothing else makes it feel slow. They desperately need to rewrite this, and I'm all for a radical UI change too - even if it was quick, I don't find it a pleasure to use. It feels distinctly un-apple.

MWinther 16y ago
When it comes to playing music and sync I still feel it works as expected, even though I wouldn't mind a speedier experience. Of course, I have been using it since version 3 sometime, so I'm used to it by now. Where iTunes really feels inconsistent or non-intuitive for me is the video section, where playback definitely doesn't feel Apple-y (Why does it blank my primary screen when I do fullscreen video on my secondary, for instance?) I would much rather have the option to open video in Quicktime Player rather than having the sub-par experience within iTunes itself.