Comments on: Opinion: Apple, Shape Up Your Changelogs

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By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:16:49 +0000

I have up instructions of modifying iTunes 9 to look more like iTunes 8. http://www.libertypages.com/clarktech/?p=813

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:19:21 +0000

I agree with Jim – review some software and don’t give us just opinions! The only reason I started following this site was for the software reviews to uncover neat little apps.

Sounds like Scott hit it right on. This guy complains that Apple does not provide enough documentation on the changes. Than he says he spent 15 minutes changing things, but, just like Apple, does not tell us how to fix it. Take your own advice!

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By: Matt Good

Matt Good — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:44:49 +0000

The green button is now closer to “maximize”, though it leaves a bit of padding around the window than filling the screen. It was a little surprising when I first tried it, but I find this more useful than the mini player since I use Spaces to keep iTunes out of the way.

I also wish iTunes would stop fiddling with pointless things like just tweaking the icons, making the header shiny, etc. I’d love to see them do a complete overhaul and try to address some of the more major usability issues. The new Genius Mixes feature is interesting, though I couldn’t find a way to drag the playing song into a playlist for future access. It would be much more useful to me if I could play these smart mixes from “iTunes DJ” instead.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:37:24 +0000

FYI The mini player can also be accessed by clicking on the green plus button as before, only hold down the Option/Alt key while doing so.

By: Daniel Gale Rosen

Daniel Gale Rosen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:40:18 +0000

@scott The main that I had to fix was the columns; if you go to View>Column Browser>On Top, then you’re all set. That, and finding the keyboard shortcut for the miniplayer were the main things. Unfortunately, there was a lot I had to make peace with, haha.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:58:22 +0000

I understand and even agree with your gripes, but how about sharing your solutions to too?

“About fifteen minutes after upgrading, I had reverted most changes, and made my peace with the new changes that I couldn’t fix.”

Well how did you do that? Thanks none the less.

By: eldino

eldino — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:38:02 +0000

Wonderful post! I really enjoyed it dude I totally agree. But one feature iTunes really miss is FASTER library managemente with big libraries. With 1Tb collections iTunes is painfully unusable, slow ad f*ck… they have to increase speed, lot of people has got big libraries nowadays.

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:40:15 +0000

You can still have Genre/Artist/Album just like before. Just go into the menus and change it from only showing Artists. At the same menu, you can also put it back on top where it used to be before the upgrade.

I agree with your sentiments, though. Sure, change the look of the UI, but don’t change the mechanics of it without clearly alerting users to the changes.

By: Simon Lawrence

Simon Lawrence — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:32:44 +0000

I never liked the inconstancy of green button triggering the mini player in iTunes. But now it doesn’t do anything, as you say it jumps and that’s it. Pointless. What it should actually do is maximise the window.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:02:22 +0000

Better changelogs would be great.

Just a note, you can Option click the green button as well as Shift-Option-M. I personally like the new behavior better as it is concsistent with every other Mac OS application.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:00:09 +0000

Dude…too many opinions from you man. Do something else like a review or some actual reporting or start your own blog. It’s kinda getting tiring.

By: Greeny

Greeny — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:42:58 +0000

Maybe Apple should concentrate a little more on the, I dunno, music playing? It sounds like an important feature.

Really, if I need to move my lazy hand to the keyboard every time I want the miniplayer, I’m not going to update. A play/pause button on the corner of my screen is kind of one of the most basic things about music playing.