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Steve Jobs Defends New iTunes 10 Icon Against Criticism
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All this energy, arguing and angst over an icon!
Imagine what we could have accomplished had we poured all this energy and thought into solving why Western civilization can/t/hasn't adapted to fuzzy logic.
Imagine what we could have accomplished had we poured all this energy and thought into solving why Western civilization can/t/hasn't adapted to fuzzy logic.
What a bunch of idiots
So what a new icon. like I care. As long as I click on it and it works what more do I care. I swear I think if Steve Jobs revealed the brand toilet paper he was using people would have a fit and complain he is using the wrong brand. My God get a life.
If I was Steve I would redesign the icon and make it in to a pair of butt cheeks with the note over the top with the implied statement "you can kiss my a$$"
So what a new icon. like I care. As long as I click on it and it works what more do I care. I swear I think if Steve Jobs revealed the brand toilet paper he was using people would have a fit and complain he is using the wrong brand. My God get a life.
If I was Steve I would redesign the icon and make it in to a pair of butt cheeks with the note over the top with the implied statement "you can kiss my a$$"
I don't have a lot of issues with the new iTunes 10 except for the vertical stoplights. I suppose if you are a "side docker" it might make sense, but if you run your dock at the bottom then the system is laid out in a horizontal fashion with the menu bar above and the dock below.
I think the vertical stoplights were more change for the sake of change and I can't say I agree with it.
I think the vertical stoplights were more change for the sake of change and I can't say I agree with it.
And it's about the easiest one to fix. This reverts it back :
Code:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -1
Technically, this isn't the first time Apple has changed the iTunes icon:
More information(the rainbows) on the CD over time!
More information(the rainbows) on the CD over time!
The "rainbows" aren't the information on the CD. It's just the way the light refracts off the protective coating.
Thanks for the tip! If they wanted to provide the option of either vertical or horizontal stoplights system wide like they offer a choice of dock position I would be all for that, but when you run a horizontal dock, horizontal stoplights make more sense to me.
The very fact that Steve Jobs responds to stupid emails about stuff like this sort of shows how mental the man is in my opinion.
And now I'm mental for commenting on a story about Steve Jobs responding to a stupid comment about the stupid icon!
UGGGGHHHHH, where does it end? LOL
Personally, I could care less about the icon, but I don't like the other visual changes nor the lack of ringtones creation, even though I really never used the feature. It sounds to me like some type of cell phone related deal was made in secret to remove the latter feature. Can't think of any other reason. Just not good.
HELLO VERIZON HERE'S YOUR COOKIE!
That should be the big story about iTUNES 10, not the damn icon.
it's so ugly and boring and the color is too similar to the blue safari icon. blue is also boring! if they wanted to be consequent, they should have at least made it in the same color like the music icon on the iphone/touch!
however, this is the new ipod keynote recut to the 180 funniest seconds. hope you like it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-24euRgImPg&hd=1
however, this is the new ipod keynote recut to the 180 funniest seconds. hope you like it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-24euRgImPg&hd=1
Haha good old Steve.
Does it really matter?
Its not really going to affect your use of iTunes is it?
Does it really matter?
Its not really going to affect your use of iTunes is it?
It's still 200% better than the old one and there is NO debate about that what-so-ever. It's written in stone on the mountain of Sinai. PERIOD.
You care. You need to let the emotions out and stop bottling them up.
Look at how angry you are for crying out loud. Just let it out and admit that it matters to you.
Riiiight.
You're attempting to relate the act of reverting to a horizontal arrangement of 'window management buttons' to the intuitive nature of the UI?
Perhaps this seems sensible, from a Windows user's perspective.
LOL.
The "rainbows" aren't the information on the CD. It's just the way the light refracts off the protective coating.
If you want Steve Jobs' comment on rainbows, watch this YouTube movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eayBvZczwWE
Riiiight.
You're attempting to relate the act of reverting to a horizontal arrangement of 'window management buttons' to the intuitive nature of the UI?
Perhaps this seems sensible, from a Windows user's perspective.
LOL.
Of course not.
I'm referring to the "human interface" (if you can even call it that) failure of needing to type
"defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -1"
into a terminal window to set the preference.Are you too blinded by excessive Kool-Aid consumption to see the distinction?
On Linux, I'd put
alias AppleFAIL='defaults write'
so that I could type
AppleFAIL com.apple.iTunes full-window -1
as shorthand.
Since I've been "Apple OS free" since 1995 I don't know if the alias syntax for terminal.app matches my default Linux shell.
Such a profound distinction.
So, if you don't know, why even mention it in the first place?
Because, regardless of the syntax for a shorthand way of expressing it, it's an "AppleFAIL" if you need to issue a "defaults write" command from the terminal to set up a simple user preference. (I don't recall that you've been defending the Windows Registry Editor as good UI - but "defaults write" is at the same level. (Maybe not quite the same, since regedit opens a GUI window....))
That should be obvious, unless you're drunk on Kool-Aid.
In Fortan, it would be ("AppleFAIL" .eq. "defaults write") - but it's still the same....
Sometimes you try to so quickly to knock down one of my posts that you don't think through your argment. Does a mistake that I may make (and that I clearly acknowledge as a possibility) in Apple OSX syntax for command aliasing mean anything in context - does it excuse making the user drop into terminal.app for a simple preferences setting?
I await your answer.... (and please don't say something that I can quickly dash as "backpedaling")
You don't need to use the terminal, .plist files are just renamed XML files.
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Because sed is a much more elegant way of writing to a configuration file without opening an editor.
All worked up over using a defaults shell cmd?
One can drink more than twenty gallons of Kool-Aid before reaching such a level of inebriation related exasperation.
You don't need to use the terminal, .plist files are just renamed XML files.
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Because sed is a much more elegant way of writing to a configuration file without opening an editor.
"sed" has a GUI on Apple OSX?