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Personally, I would feel very uncomfortable having one application with vertical close/minimize buttons while others are horizontal. I wouldn't expect the intro

by ericz 16y ago

Personally, I would feel very uncomfortable having one application with vertical close/minimize buttons while others are horizontal. I wouldn't expect the introduction of this level of inconsistency from an Apple product.

Gibbon 16y ago
You can set it back to horizontal if you want: defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -1
- someone_here 16y ago
  I'm surprised you have to use the command line to change such an option in an Apple product.
  - bruceboughton 16y ago
    Yes, it should definitely be in the Preferences dialog! I'm not that impressed with iTunes 10.. the grey icons are a disaster for quickly finding things; it refuses to play a TV Show I downloaded yesterday from ITMS (not authorized); and Ping is lame.
    - Timothee 16y ago
      Yes, it should definitely be in the Preferences dialog! I'm not quite sure if it's sarcasm or not. Honestly my first thought when I saw the buttons like this was "WTF is this?!". However, this should not be an application preference! One thing that Apple does (that every company should do) is making choices for the users. Sometimes they're wrong (this one looks dubious to me) but adding settings is the wrong approach to it. I recently started to use a Windows PC (granted it's XP) again and the number of preferences (e.g. system, Outlook) available is completely insane.
      - bruceboughton 16y ago
        Sorry, that was indeed sarcasm. What's the sarcasm punctuation mark again?
    - epochwolf 16y ago
      You want secrets.prefpane :) (if you are a mac) Edit: http://secrets.blacktree.com/ http://secrets.blacktree.com/
  - padmanabhan01 16y ago
    The reason that is a command line is because Apple expects users to not change it.
  - jsz0 16y ago
    Alternatively you could use an application like Secrets that exposes a bunch of the settings in a friendly GUI sort of way. Already been updated for iTunes 10: http://secrets.blacktree.com/ http://secrets.blacktree.com/
  - drivebyacct2 16y ago
    Uh, this is the norm for many settings in OS X.
Someone 16y ago
In some sense, this behavior is more consistent than the old one. When minimized, that window always had, and still has, vertical close/minimized buttons.

by ericz 16y ago

Gibbon 16y ago

You can set it back to horizontal if you want: defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -1

someone_here 16y ago
I'm surprised you have to use the command line to change such an option in an Apple product.
- bruceboughton 16y ago
  Yes, it should definitely be in the Preferences dialog! I'm not that impressed with iTunes 10.. the grey icons are a disaster for quickly finding things; it refuses to play a TV Show I downloaded yesterday from ITMS (not authorized); and Ping is lame.
  - Timothee 16y ago
    Yes, it should definitely be in the Preferences dialog! I'm not quite sure if it's sarcasm or not. Honestly my first thought when I saw the buttons like this was "WTF is this?!". However, this should not be an application preference! One thing that Apple does (that every company should do) is making choices for the users. Sometimes they're wrong (this one looks dubious to me) but adding settings is the wrong approach to it. I recently started to use a Windows PC (granted it's XP) again and the number of preferences (e.g. system, Outlook) available is completely insane.
    - bruceboughton 16y ago
      Sorry, that was indeed sarcasm. What's the sarcasm punctuation mark again?
  - epochwolf 16y ago
    You want secrets.prefpane :) (if you are a mac) Edit: http://secrets.blacktree.com/ http://secrets.blacktree.com/
- padmanabhan01 16y ago
  The reason that is a command line is because Apple expects users to not change it.
- jsz0 16y ago
  Alternatively you could use an application like Secrets that exposes a bunch of the settings in a friendly GUI sort of way. Already been updated for iTunes 10: http://secrets.blacktree.com/ http://secrets.blacktree.com/
- drivebyacct2 16y ago
  Uh, this is the norm for many settings in OS X.

Someone 16y ago

In some sense, this behavior is more consistent than the old one. When minimized, that window always had, and still has, vertical close/minimized buttons.