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Not sure why people have decided that iTunes was always horrible. Here's a description from Ars in 2003: http://arstechnica.com/features/2003/05/itunesms/2/ ht
by charlesism 10y ago
Not sure why people have decided that iTunes was always horrible. Here's a description from Ars in 2003:
http://arstechnica.com/features/2003/05/itunesms/2/ http://arstechnica.com/features/2003/05/itunesms/2/
> Actually, iTunes is an excellent example of a
> fundamental Apple design principle: the application
> is the computer. The software automatically imports
> and categorizes songs, creating an obscure directory
> structure filled with 'unknown album' folders, but
> you never see that. You see all your music, all the
> tag info, easily sorted and easy to access from
> within iTunes. It's elegant and simple, as can be
> discerned by the fact iTunes users spend most of
> their time arguing about whether the widgets
> (buttons) look better raised (previous versions) or
> sunken (current version).
Here's a tour of iTunes' descent into madness. Note that the original version was, in no way whatsoever, bloated or inelegant.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/11/itunes-through-the-ages/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/11/itunes-through-the-ages...