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why is itunes 10 grey?
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Probably because all OS X icons are also 1 color. Just makes things easier on the eyes for some people, I guess.
I guess the designers at Apple thought grey looks better. I liked the colored icons better too.
Because listening to music correctly requires no external color bias. It can distract from the true tone of the music. Plus, it gets you in the depressed mood that the artist was in when he wrote the music.
Does anybody know where I could download the previous version of iTunes instead? Not impressed with the newest.
Edit: Found it right here:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10057115
Edit: Found it right here:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10057115
I think they made it grey because if a person has a big library the graphics get bogged down. This helps.
Are you kidding me?! It looks so ugly now
Seems to have been rushed and I'm pretty disappointed. Why do you like it?YES!
I can't imagine the color slows it down ALL that much...
Default Option: Colors "On"
I am not a fan of the gray scale of the icons. That is sore on the eyes for me. Color helps me navigate more easily.
I wouldn't mind seeing an option to turn the colors "on", because that is what I prefer. By default the colors should be on, if others want it off, so be it.
The icon is not a big deal for me, as you can change that by highlighting the iTunes icon in Finder, command-I, and change the icon if you know how using copy and paste with an older version icon in the iTunes Info window.
I am not a fan of the gray scale of the icons. That is sore on the eyes for me. Color helps me navigate more easily.
I wouldn't mind seeing an option to turn the colors "on", because that is what I prefer. By default the colors should be on, if others want it off, so be it.
The icon is not a big deal for me, as you can change that by highlighting the iTunes icon in Finder, command-I, and change the icon if you know how using copy and paste with an older version icon in the iTunes Info window.
Even iTunes preferences is entirely grayscale. It's throwing me off, for sure. Hoping it'll grow on me with time.
I posted this in the other iTunes thread but I noticed this one too so I figured I'd drop it here too:
I hate the lack of colors in iTunes 10, so I did a little ThemePark rsrc hacking and put the colored icons from 9.2 back into 10. It's not perfect, but I didn't want to waste too much time on it, and it looks alright on my computer for the icons that I use regularly.
Download (zip, 11.1mb)
Instructions included.
Enjoy, and feel free to let me know if you see an icon that should be fixed—I didn't check that they all look normal.
- Small size only.
- Some may be broken.
- No guarantees.
edit: so I totally underestimated the demand for this and blew through 80gb of bandwidth on this file alone. Someone has mirrored it here: http://obamapacman.com/2010/09/how-to-add-color-icons-apple-itunes-10-gray-sidebar-mod/
I hate the lack of colors in iTunes 10, so I did a little ThemePark rsrc hacking and put the colored icons from 9.2 back into 10. It's not perfect, but I didn't want to waste too much time on it, and it looks alright on my computer for the icons that I use regularly.
Instructions included.
Enjoy, and feel free to let me know if you see an icon that should be fixed—I didn't check that they all look normal.
- Small size only.
- Some may be broken.
- No guarantees.
edit: so I totally underestimated the demand for this and blew through 80gb of bandwidth on this file alone.
Someone has mirrored it here: http://obamapacman.com/2010/09/how-to-add-color-icons-apple-itunes-10-gray-sidebar-mod/