I don't really care, but it does look like something you would see on a cheap cartoon sing-along DVD.
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Steve Jobs Defends New iTunes 10 Icon Against Criticism
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iTunes : les gout et les couleurs
i like the new design of iTunes icon but the icon on the left bar of the iTunes windows is not good because everything is gray et there are no black color for contrasrt and i think different but... it's more good when the icon was colored if i'am in music library or vidéo... it's very sad and the grayscale don't change the visibily of the content ... steve merde alors
i like the new design of iTunes icon but the icon on the left bar of the iTunes windows is not good because everything is gray et there are no black color for contrasrt and i think different but... it's more good when the icon was colored if i'am in music library or vidéo... it's very sad and the grayscale don't change the visibily of the content ... steve merde alors
Perhaps you want to browse your applications folder in cover flow with the icons as big as they go. The letter on the Text Edit icon, lorem ipsum on the dictionary icon, the stamp on the Mail icon, the texture on Address Book.. it's all about the details.
I'm not too fussed about the icon design myself. I hated the old icon, and though there could have been more "pointless" detail, I'm willing to accept it for what it is - an icon. Sure, more detail would have given me geek kicks, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
Wow, that is even more ugly and amateurish than the one Apple used.
First rule of designing logos/icons is that it has to scale down cleanly. A designer of 20 years should know this at an intuitive level. If you took out the junk in the background it would be ok, but nothing spectacular.
Obviously this icon is one of several matching ones in the forthcoming iLife '11, so everyone just chill and wait for the bigger picture.
The problem I have with it is that it still symbolizes music only when iTunes is much more than that. The logo should be changed even more to reflect this, and the program itself should be renamed to iPlay, just as AirTunes was renamed to AirPlay.
The problem I have with it is that it still symbolizes music only when iTunes is much more than that. The logo should be changed even more to reflect this, and the program itself should be renamed to iPlay, just as AirTunes was renamed to AirPlay.
It's pretty ugly and it's a story because steve jobs made it a point to talk about.
I don't want to hear otherwise from any fanboy
I don't want to hear otherwise from any fanboy
Apple is a marketing powerhouse. They are taking over one of the most enduring symbols of music. It's the way we are used to representing non-audial representation of Music in our writing and imagery. Now Apple has co-opted it.
Anyone who thinks the Icon is too simple, etc, simply is naive and obviously does not understand marketing and go to market strategies. Their choice of Icon is a clear symbol that they expect iTunes to be synonymous with music and really one day they hope we simply will always think that this pervasive musical is associated only with Apple and more specifically, iTunes.
Freaking King Kong has nothing over Apple!
Anyone who thinks the Icon is too simple, etc, simply is naive and obviously does not understand marketing and go to market strategies. Their choice of Icon is a clear symbol that they expect iTunes to be synonymous with music and really one day they hope we simply will always think that this pervasive musical is associated only with Apple and more specifically, iTunes.
Freaking King Kong has nothing over Apple!
Relax friend ...
steve jobs told me "they were working their butts off" to make the new icon
I don't mind the icon, but I don't like the new color scheme of iTunes. I switched the control buttons back from vertical to where they used to be as well.
It's a talking point because MR has thousands of professional Apple logo designers, just like it has thousands of professional solicitors, engineers, artists, coders, and many other jobs which give someone a perceived notion of superiority over everything Apple does.
As I've picked up over the years, everyone on MacRumors is a professional.
Edit: Note that there will probably have been a brainstorming process or presentation of alternative design options. For whatever reason, this new icon fit best with the powers that be. Whether it's because it fits with a trend of new icons to come from Apple, that remains to be seen.
a designer should understand that things can work on multiple levels. You can have the instant impression, which in this case is "music" (which isn't entirely appropriate for an application that is now being used primarily to sync phones and tablets with their video and applications, now is it?).
so after that initial impression, anything extra that you notice is just making it a nicer icon. You'll notice all sorts of nice things in apple's icons if you pay attention. This one is pretty derelict of anything beyond the surface.
For examples of good Apple icons (that you can't see every detail of in the dock *gasp*):
address book.app
automator.app
chess.app
dashboard.app
dictionary.app
front row.app
garageband.app
ical.app
image capture.app
photobooth.app
preview.app
safari.app
system preferences.app
text edit.app
time machine.app
even the generic folder icon in 10.5 and 10.6 has some great detail you can't see in a dock.
and some really great 3rd party ones:
VLC
Mariner Write
Transmit
Transmission
Chrome
Calibre
mail.app
If you go into your applications folder and go to full screen and coverflow view, you'll quickly see what I mean. Some of the icons are works of art. Most people never see them, but that doesn't really matter because some people DO, and that's the whole point. The new iTunes icon is like the iChat and Quicktime icons. you can't get anything extra from the icon by making it bigger. Even Sync.app has some nice texture that only comes out at high resolutions.
One day very soon we will be using computers with 300+ dpi screens, and huge resolutions, and a 1/2 inch icon in the dock will be as big as a 2 inch icon is now from an absolute resolution perspective. That means you'll start to see more and more detail in the icons that have it. iTunes will probably not get another icon refresh until it gets a name change in another several years. That means this opportunity was wasted. It's not the end of the world. It's not even important, but it IS something, and it's not good. It's just lame, and another indication that Apple is heading further into a direction I don't particularly like.
Once it changed I can't even remember what the old icon looked like. That scares me. My brain is in trouble I think.
I know it is just a logo, but I wish we can even go more retro--let's say a nice graphic of LP or gramophone?
Balance the ultra modern with some nostalgia and whimsy--like the new Apple Store in London...
This streamlining in the names and design is getting a little tiring. 'i' this, 'i' that. Bring back some 'boutique' names like the Lisa, Newton, etc.
Balance the ultra modern with some nostalgia and whimsy--like the new Apple Store in London...
This streamlining in the names and design is getting a little tiring. 'i' this, 'i' that. Bring back some 'boutique' names like the Lisa, Newton, etc.
I'm a graphic designer, so I often get all riled up about Apple's small graphic changes that most people wouldn't care about. But in this case, even I don't see what the big deal is here. The new icon is an appropriate update. It's not life-changingly spectacular, but what icon is? It's fine. And it's reminiscent of the updated QuickTime icon. Did people lose sleep over that, too?
To all those hoping Apple would preserve the old icon as some sort of wink-wink retro throwback to old technology... um, you've got the wrong company.
Sticking with the music note is what I'm torn on -- not graphically but philosophically. It obviously matches the name "iTunes" and has been the central symbol of iTunes from the beginning. And it represents Apple's commitment to music. But iTunes will increasingly be about much more than music. A branding dilemma that I'm sure has been debated long and hard within the halls of Apple.
To all those hoping Apple would preserve the old icon as some sort of wink-wink retro throwback to old technology... um, you've got the wrong company.
Sticking with the music note is what I'm torn on -- not graphically but philosophically. It obviously matches the name "iTunes" and has been the central symbol of iTunes from the beginning. And it represents Apple's commitment to music. But iTunes will increasingly be about much more than music. A branding dilemma that I'm sure has been debated long and hard within the halls of Apple.
If you want the original icons and colors back try out itunes 109. Which will make itunes 10 look like itunes 9.2.1. I found it on iclarified here is the link http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=11478
I'm with you Steve.
It looks fine to me.
Easy to see and recognize.
To all the bitchers, either get a life or go study branding and logo design.
And before you flame...I already did, and have been creating logos for some of the biggest sporting events, brands and corporations in the world.
It looks fine to me.
Easy to see and recognize.
To all the bitchers, either get a life or go study branding and logo design.
And before you flame...I already did, and have been creating logos for some of the biggest sporting events, brands and corporations in the world.