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The new version is a ground up rewrite..

by omfg 14y ago

jfb 14y ago
I find that difficult to credit - I don't have any insider info., but that's not how Apple goes, for the most part. Also, if they were doing a total rewrite (as they did with FCP or iMovie) I would expect the outcome to be much more different from iTunes 10 than 11 is.
- danieldk 14y ago
  I find that difficult to credit - I don't have any insider info., but that's not how Apple goes, for the most part. From my first experience, it does seem to be whole lot faster than iTunes < 11. I also like interface more.
  - jfb 14y ago
    No question good work was done. But I imagine a complete rewrite would involve say non-modal preference dialogs just to pick a long-running irritation out of a hat.
    - danudey 14y ago
      Seconded. The preferences dialog appears to be completely unchanged from iTunes 10. What's especially irritating about this is that modal preferences dialogs with 'Ok'/'Cancel' buttons have been discouraged since, as far as I'm aware, the 10.0 HIG.
      - jonknee 14y ago
        > What's especially irritating about this is that modal preferences dialogs with 'Ok'/'Cancel' buttons have been discouraged since, as far as I'm aware, the 10.0 HIG. When has Apple followed their own HIG?
  - jonknee 14y ago
    Not so sure about the speed, I can't even scroll through albums smoothly in the default view.
frou_dh 14y ago
I doubt it's a clean break. Exhibit A: Just as in iTunes 10, entering manual music selection for an iPod Shuffle craps out the same 3 giant scrolling subviews in an L shape: http://i.imgur.com/CsXud.png http://i.imgur.com/CsXud.png I do like the new dynamic background and highlight colours when selecting albums and tracks in the Album view.
arrrg 14y ago
At least the preferences dialog is the exact same modal crap it always was (What are they thinking?) and the metadata dialog is also unchanged since forever. Looks like a coat of paint, nothing more. They are always so tantalizingly close to radically rethink everything. But they don’t seem to dare, and that’s sad.
kalleboo 14y ago
It blocks the UI thread when generating thumbnails in the "video" tab... lots of small modal progress windows... really still feels like an OS 9 app at times. It does seem like they removed the ability to open multiple windows though, which I always activated by mistake instead of on purpose.
onetwothreefour 14y ago
It's not. It has an improved database engine and a new UI. That's pretty much it.
bonch 14y ago
No, it isn't.

The new version is a ground up rewrite..

by omfg 14y ago

The new version is a ground up rewrite..

jfb 14y ago

I find that difficult to credit - I don't have any insider info., but that's not how Apple goes, for the most part. Also, if they were doing a total rewrite (as they did with FCP or iMovie) I would expect the outcome to be much more different from iTunes 10 than 11 is.

danieldk 14y ago
I find that difficult to credit - I don't have any insider info., but that's not how Apple goes, for the most part. From my first experience, it does seem to be whole lot faster than iTunes < 11. I also like interface more.
- jfb 14y ago
  No question good work was done. But I imagine a complete rewrite would involve say non-modal preference dialogs just to pick a long-running irritation out of a hat.
  - danudey 14y ago
    Seconded. The preferences dialog appears to be completely unchanged from iTunes 10. What's especially irritating about this is that modal preferences dialogs with 'Ok'/'Cancel' buttons have been discouraged since, as far as I'm aware, the 10.0 HIG.
    - jonknee 14y ago
      > What's especially irritating about this is that modal preferences dialogs with 'Ok'/'Cancel' buttons have been discouraged since, as far as I'm aware, the 10.0 HIG. When has Apple followed their own HIG?
- jonknee 14y ago
  Not so sure about the speed, I can't even scroll through albums smoothly in the default view.

frou_dh 14y ago

I doubt it's a clean break. Exhibit A: Just as in iTunes 10, entering manual music selection for an iPod Shuffle craps out the same 3 giant scrolling subviews in an L shape: http://i.imgur.com/CsXud.png http://i.imgur.com/CsXud.png I do like the new dynamic background and highlight colours when selecting albums and tracks in the Album view.

arrrg 14y ago

At least the preferences dialog is the exact same modal crap it always was (What are they thinking?) and the metadata dialog is also unchanged since forever. Looks like a coat of paint, nothing more. They are always so tantalizingly close to radically rethink everything. But they don’t seem to dare, and that’s sad.

kalleboo 14y ago

It blocks the UI thread when generating thumbnails in the "video" tab... lots of small modal progress windows... really still feels like an OS 9 app at times. It does seem like they removed the ability to open multiple windows though, which I always activated by mistake instead of on purpose.

onetwothreefour 14y ago

It's not. It has an improved database engine and a new UI. That's pretty much it.

bonch 14y ago

No, it isn't.