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Rumor: Apple Redesigning iTunes 11 With New Layout, iCloud Support
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Where's the bloat, again? Safari and WebProcess are FAR worse in terms of bloat, ram hogging, and resource hogging. So if you have iTunes problems in the future, check to see if Safari is taking over your computer first. Getting off my soapbox now.
Ooh, nice one! I didn't notice that until you pointed that out!
NO. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. I don't WANT to have to go to this app for this function, and another app for another function. What I like about iTunes currently is its all-encompassing function, the "Walmart of apps", if you will. If I wish to sync my iPhone, I only need to go to ONE place, not 150 different places depending upon what I want to sync to my iPhone or iPad.
Yes, it's got its problems, but if iTunes 11 is the LONG-awaited rewrite of iTunes with a plugin architecture that makes everything work seamlessly WITHOUT having to split up iTunes into separate apps, then everyone will be happy and we'll all go in 6 months, "Why'd we want iTunes to be in separate apps, again?" Mark my words.
BJ
Bloat has nothing to do with the data you keep in an app (and has nothing to do with 32 vs. 64 bit), it's cramming too many features into one app. Which is exactly what iTunes is. Now I can see possibly having one centralized "Store" app, but I think all the media is better left being handled by specialized, separate apps that aren't trying to do it all.
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Which is why I suggested the iCloud app that would handle managing all your devices, and syncing them (locally and via iCloud), on behalf of the apps that manage their own media type.
Because having multiple apps open is always more efficient than having one app open?
I'd much rather choose the apps I want open instead of one monolithic resource-sucking pig that tries to shoehorn different things into the same interface, yes. At the same time, I'm sugggesting Apple consolodate the handling of each media type into one and only one app. Right now video can be handled by iTunes, iPhoto, and (on the iPad only) Video. That's confusing and inefficient.
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'too many features'
There is nothing wrong with current way things are done and tens of millions of people are used to it and i doubt it will change much in the nearest future.Right now i have iTunes open and i'm listening music, so by your way if i want to watch a film and sync my iPhone i have to open 2 apps. Where is efficiency in that? not to mention that Apple would have to support not one, but what? 5? 6? apps. Not going to happen.
Some proof maybe? You know i have 300 GB of stuff in iTunes and it performes well. Uses around 100 MB of RAM and starts in one bounce.
How would multiple apps be more efficient? Each one would require duplicating a majority of the functionality from the others.
And then you have issues with multiple content types playing at the same time. Multiple processes needing access to the same file.
And where do you put music videos? Ringtones? Podcasts that contain audio and video content?
The issues go on and on as you think about the details.
Here's my prediction:
[1] Apple will build a elegant solution (akin to the Music app on iPad)
[2] It will be missing features, as it is a rebuild**
[3] People will moan for months and months to anyone who will listen about missing features
[4] In a years time we will have a far better iTunes than we had before
** See iMovie 08, Quicktime X, Final Cut X etc. etc. etc.
iTunes 1 was the best version of iTunes. It was clear in its purpose and goal.
Good point.
Zune PC software is excellent. And almost completely unlike the button heavy, cluttered other PC applications Microsoft produces.
Windows Phone 7 is also excellent (UI). And again almost completely unlike the button heavy, cluttered other PC applications Microsoft produces.
[1] Apple will build a elegant solution (akin to the Music app on iPad)
[2] It will be missing features, as it is a rebuild**
[3] People will moan for months and months to anyone who will listen about missing features
[4] In a years time we will have a far better iTunes than we had before
** See iMovie 08, Quicktime X, Final Cut X etc. etc. etc.
iTunes 1 was the best version of iTunes. It was clear in its purpose and goal.
Good point.
Zune PC software is excellent. And almost completely unlike the button heavy, cluttered other PC applications Microsoft produces.
Windows Phone 7 is also excellent (UI). And again almost completely unlike the button heavy, cluttered other PC applications Microsoft produces.
Because that was the only goal then, that's how all started, but things change and it's not only about that now.
Because having multiple apps open is always more efficient than having one app open?
Multiple apps open is the current situation, whether we need or want it or not. If you absolutely must have access to all of iTunes' current myriad features, then of course the status quo is perfect for you. For the rest of us who don't buy from iTunes, we do not need that bloat within slowing down the application and hogging focus while it tries to contact the mothership.
If they could make iTunes more modular so that we could permanently disable those parts we don't care for, then I wouldn't care that the application was so monolithic.
What bloat? Slowing how exactly? I only hear buzzwords now that's all. If you do not need Store then you do not use it.
the new design should be that Apple decides to globally remove itunes on all computers. The entire program is just one big slow dinosaur begging to die. They could start over though, make is a tiny and simple program, like spotify, or make it icloud only. itunes is pretty much the last and only huge embarrassment that Apple still continues to update.
Sounds awesome. Strip out the crap, keep the good stuff, and make it more clean. I hope this is true. I like the idea of the iTunes store not feeling like a browser page inside an application as well. That always bothered me.
Unfortunately, I don't think that's what they meant by "slick"...
Oh and BTW, please can we drop the Ping thing now?
I like Ping. My wife and I have ours set up where we are the only people "following" each other. You can enable that in the settings. Then when I'm listening to a song and I want to share it with her, it is drop dead simple. She can immediately check out the song and get into the same mood I am. ;-) It's also pretty good for following my favorite artists as well as seeing what concerts are in town.
That is merely a 64-bit installer, the 32-bit installer is not compatible with 64-bit Windows. The client is still 32-bit.
Or Apple's inability to write software for Windows, but Safari for Windows is great, opens in about 2 seconds for me, feels light and dare I say..."snappy"?
If other cross platform package creators can create similar experiences on similar performing platforms, whether windows or OSX, yet apple does not, it doesnt give many options to whinge about the windows computer.