Questionable Rumor Claims Safari and iTunes to Merge Into Single Application
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Xian Zhu Xuande
macrumors 6502a
If you've fallen out so far that this would be the deal breaker, you might as well just move on. It would be stupid, but not the end of the world.
I can see the similarities....
Not sure what you're getting at here. Is this in relation to top sites? How's this?
branjosef
macrumors 6502a
Oh great! Now I'm going to need internet just to sync my phone. I wonder if I can use the tethering option and have the phone sync to itunes using it's own data plan. Sounds a little dirty . Now if only I could do something like that, I would never have to leave the apartment
. Now if only I could do something like that, I would never have to leave the apartment If you've fallen out so far that this would be the deal breaker, you might as well just move on. It would be stupid, but not the end of the world.
Well - it would mean I could no longer use my iPhone or iPad .... that simple.
It isn't a deal breaker, it is just a statement of fact.
Xian Zhu Xuande
macrumors 6502a
Just to be clear, I think this rumor is BS.
That said, why? Why wouldn't you be able to use your iPhone or iPad? If we do take this rumor at face value and this is integrated into Safari, they could still put together a fairly elegant local browser in the browser using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS; one which wouldn't require internet connectivity except when accessing online content. You would just need Safari. And not doing this would mean ditching iTunes anyway, and you can do that on Mac or PC. Just trying to follow your logic on this one.
hachre
macrumors 6502a
This is one of the worst things I have ever heard... And it sounds pretty 1990s on top of that... Back then everyone was excited about software that replaced half an operating system but nowadays with the advent of app stores on smartphones we are going into a 'specialized for a single task, refined, lean & mean' direction with software and behemoths are no longer wanted.
Couldn't Agree More
I dont often post here and most of the time when I do its because something so stupid comes out of a persons mouth it amazes me. You, however Zipster, have hit the nail on the head and caused me to post for a completely different reason... you're brilliant!
I have thought for a LONG time that Apple needs to separate syncing from iTunes AND Safari has become MAJORLY bogged down in its most recent iterations. However google moving away from H264 scares me as Im going to have no browser left!!
Anyway, I have long thought that iSync was a gold class product that they should have brought along with iLife and integrated more carefully with Mobile me instead of it being cast aside. That is where you should go to control your iOS devices. It made sense when I just had a simple iPod (read iPod classic) to use iTunes, however I hardly use the iPod function on my iPhone and it is annoying to have to open iTunes to change a sync setting for photos or email etc.
This would also be the perfect thing to allow iTV to access the iTunes or iPhoto libraries with out ALWAY having to leave iTunes running on my computer, a conduit if you will. Have iSync always up in the background like Mobile me Sync is now just sitting there plugging along. And for god sakes lets get Syncing over a home WiFi network going already. Honestly, it cant be that hard!
Anyway, great post Zipster
Your right on!
Stephen
I dont often post here and most of the time when I do its because something so stupid comes out of a persons mouth it amazes me. You, however Zipster, have hit the nail on the head and caused me to post for a completely different reason... you're brilliant!
I have thought for a LONG time that Apple needs to separate syncing from iTunes AND Safari has become MAJORLY bogged down in its most recent iterations. However google moving away from H264 scares me as Im going to have no browser left!!
Anyway, I have long thought that iSync was a gold class product that they should have brought along with iLife and integrated more carefully with Mobile me instead of it being cast aside. That is where you should go to control your iOS devices. It made sense when I just had a simple iPod (read iPod classic) to use iTunes, however I hardly use the iPod function on my iPhone and it is annoying to have to open iTunes to change a sync setting for photos or email etc.
This would also be the perfect thing to allow iTV to access the iTunes or iPhoto libraries with out ALWAY having to leave iTunes running on my computer, a conduit if you will. Have iSync always up in the background like Mobile me Sync is now just sitting there plugging along. And for god sakes lets get Syncing over a home WiFi network going already. Honestly, it cant be that hard!
Anyway, great post Zipster
Your right on!
Stephen
Xian Zhu Xuande
macrumors 6502a
Huh. iTunes is definitely a chubber, but I've never received that 'bogged down' impression from Safari. It certainly doesn't seem to be heading in the direction of the once lean and mean Firefox and the WebKit developers certainly approach things from the right angle.
It hasn't ever felt quite the same on Windows, though.
clientsiman
macrumors 6502
Worst idea ever.
Michaelgtrusa
macrumors 604
This would make safari the dominate browser.
JustoJHernandez
macrumors newbie
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)
THER GONNA LOOSE MORE MONEY!!! Noones gonna download it. And who ever does will probably hack it, and then they'll loose iTunes money.
THER GONNA LOOSE MORE MONEY!!! Noones gonna download it. And who ever does will probably hack it, and then they'll loose iTunes money.
Illusion986
macrumors 6502
I really like safari for some features and design points. But for last couple months its been crashing and consuming ram like crazy and most extensions make it way worse. But if this is not fixes soon i will be forced to make a switch. But Itunes and Safari together i just dont know since safari alone needs lots of work...
charlituna
macrumors G3
This rumor is most assuredly full of baloney.
iTunes' job is to get people to buy and rent content for iOS products (iPad / iPhone / iPod (Touch) /tv) so it makes absolutely no sense for them to force current users to abandon their existing web browser of choice and go to Safari in order to keep using their iOS devices.
Yep, however, if the truth behind the rumor is taking the store out of the media managing program and putting it straight up on the web, that isn't too crazy. after all they do have the whole web based preview pages. Perhaps they are the first step in the process.
Hopefully before it is over they will restore all the features from lala.com as well (even if streaming is limited to purchased stuff).
Then the actual desktop program could be just for media management and local file playback. Perhaps even merging DVD player and/or Front Row into all of it. Or even better in my book, split them. Merge the players together but as a separate app from management.
Porco
macrumors 68040
Very silly idea. I would instantly ditch Safari as my main browser and regard it as iTunes, and if everyone who uses Safari did that what would be the point? They'd get loads of people using a browser as a media app... but then moving to a different browser as a browser...
Mozilla and Google probably like this idea a lot more than even Apple do.
Mozilla and Google probably like this idea a lot more than even Apple do.
pianojoe
macrumors 6502
I happen to like Safari. It's fast, reliable, and gets out of the way most of the time.
This is a NIL rumor. Never In Life will this happen.
As a software guy, I'd strongly recommend rewriting iTunes from the ground up, and while you're at it, and music DRM being no more an issue, make music on iOS devices syncable from multiple PCs at once, w/o iTunes.
This is a NIL rumor. Never In Life will this happen.
As a software guy, I'd strongly recommend rewriting iTunes from the ground up, and while you're at it, and music DRM being no more an issue, make music on iOS devices syncable from multiple PCs at once, w/o iTunes.
hachre
macrumors 6502a
On the other side if that meant that the cloud iTunes would only work on Safari that is BAD.
Chase R
macrumors 65816
Yup. One would think that in order to access their music off the cloud they would just need a browser and MobileMe.
Hopefully Apple leaves Safari the way it is. They need to focus on a snappier 64-bit iTunes.
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Carniphage
macrumors 68000
It might be bad. But it wouldn't cause bloat.
I am not supporting this idea.....
But the bloat argument is a non-starter.
iTunes ALREADY contains Safari.
The iTunes music store is really just a website - and the functionality within iTunes that accesses that site is a browser. And it is Safari.
I too like the idea of different apps - with purpose-built interfaces - for different applications.
iTunes currently has a bunch of functional components.
* A web-browser (An integrated build of Safari)
* A media library organisation tool
* A set of media players (video audio etc)
* A portable device sync tool
* A bunch of Apple code that all the apps sit on.
On the Mac - a lot of that stuff is already built-into the OS.
On the PC, Apple has to bundle it into the iTunes package. Hence the bloat.
So without all the whining, what *is* the best way to organise this functionality?
(And remember PC users need ALL of the above before they can use iTunes)
C.
I am not supporting this idea.....
But the bloat argument is a non-starter.
iTunes ALREADY contains Safari.
The iTunes music store is really just a website - and the functionality within iTunes that accesses that site is a browser. And it is Safari.
I too like the idea of different apps - with purpose-built interfaces - for different applications.
iTunes currently has a bunch of functional components.
* A web-browser (An integrated build of Safari)
* A media library organisation tool
* A set of media players (video audio etc)
* A portable device sync tool
* A bunch of Apple code that all the apps sit on.
On the Mac - a lot of that stuff is already built-into the OS.
On the PC, Apple has to bundle it into the iTunes package. Hence the bloat.
So without all the whining, what *is* the best way to organise this functionality?
(And remember PC users need ALL of the above before they can use iTunes)
C.