I am actually a very big fan of the new iTunes UI. I think Apple finally nailed it. Only thing that's going to take a bit getting used to is the vertical traffic lights.
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why is itunes 10 grey?
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The icons for me they look like everything is disabled. That's the convention on any software, greyed out things means 'disabled', 'unavailable', 'innactive', etc.
Is there a way to customize the look? It's making navigating really difficult, I can't quickly spot the option I want, everything looks the same!
Is there a way to customize the look? It's making navigating really difficult, I can't quickly spot the option I want, everything looks the same!
LOL WUT?
I dig the new interface only because now you can remove the icons from the sidebar, iTunes has a thinner chrome, and you can remove the check boxes from view.
I only wish there were a way to remove Ping. Anyone know how to get that out of the sidebar?
Incredible. The one consistent thing across all operating systems has always been: greyed out = disabled. When I first launched iTunes 10 and it began to update my library, I thought "Weird that they would disable the left menu for that". But apparently, that's how Apple wants iTunes to look: permanently disabled.
And about the new icon: it doesn't even matter if you like it or not. I guess I like it fine, when viewed by itself. Problem is, I will never see it by itself. I see it in the Dock, among dozens of other icons, where its total breech of style makes it stand out like a sore thumb.
The key to ANY good design is consistency. I NEVER thought this would be something that needed to be explained to Apple.
And about the new icon: it doesn't even matter if you like it or not. I guess I like it fine, when viewed by itself. Problem is, I will never see it by itself. I see it in the Dock, among dozens of other icons, where its total breech of style makes it stand out like a sore thumb.
The key to ANY good design is consistency. I NEVER thought this would be something that needed to be explained to Apple.
Guess what, a lot of people prefer plain list mode. I search my music by artist, song, or album name. With over 800 albums, visually searching through album art is just not practical. And a playlist with all songs from different albums is not very practical to browse via album art.
+1 although the R/Y/G buttons in the top left are now vertically aligned rather than horizontal.
I find it kinda gives it a nice sleek look which is probably what they were going for but that's just one graphic designer's opinion.
As far as people saying they don't like the logo, I actually love that as well, but at least that's easy to change if you want to. Run a search on here, you'll find plenty of topics about changing icons.
As far as people saying they don't like the logo, I actually love that as well, but at least that's easy to change if you want to. Run a search on here, you'll find plenty of topics about changing icons.
lmao
+1 for steve
I really don't get why there has to be color all over the place. No one complains that they don't make the finder menu rainbow colored
OMG Ugly bethy in my mac ><
Hi everyone !!!
What's wrong with apple ...
No colors ...
What is this icone --' ... in my dock ...
Stone age is back ?
I can't do anything with the sidebar ... because the firewall say all time " do you want ...connexion itunes.app blabla blaaa"
--'
So I just can change the iTunes icone ...yes the blue thing in my dock ... I can change it without have this message ... But nothing work for the rest please help me because I don't want listen any music with this no-
's app
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Sorry for my English ... I'm French xD
Thank you if you can find issues for me, actually I just want to see iTunes 9 style back in my mac without any pop-up message ...
And now you know ... I hate black icons and the dock icon me too... one more !
Hi everyone !!!
What's wrong with apple ...
No colors ...
What is this icone --' ... in my dock ...
Stone age is back ?
I can't do anything with the sidebar ... because the firewall say all time " do you want ...connexion itunes.app blabla blaaa"
--'
So I just can change the iTunes icone ...yes the blue thing in my dock ... I can change it without have this message ... But nothing work for the rest please help me because I don't want listen any music with this no-
's app><
Sorry for my English ... I'm French xD
Thank you if you can find issues for me, actually I just want to see iTunes 9 style back in my mac without any pop-up message ...
And now you know ... I hate black icons and the dock icon me too... one more !
Thank you!!! I HATED the traffic light!
The first thing I did was do the feedback button in iTunes. I hate the grey icons. I actually have to read everything to know what it is since it doesn't stand out
There never really was. It is just common design that an icon is associated with shape and color. Apple might as well make the dock icons monochromatic too, because the focus should be on the pretty background picture. I understand trying to be 'aesthetically' pleasing, but a bad design is still a bad design.lmao
+1 for steve
I really don't get why there has to be color all over the place. No one complains that they don't make the finder menu rainbow colored
I think Apple is on to something with this monochromatic idea. I'm going to start watching TV in black and white. Color is so yesterday.
Wait, what? Really?
Apple is taking away one of the things that makes OS X look so great?
Why the hell?
Apple is taking away one of the things that makes OS X look so great?
Why the hell?
I can barely use it.
Without the icon colours and the feint lines I can hardly navigate. Why? I'm dyslexic. Not only is the contrast really crappy but I relied on the colours to help me navigate quickly in itunes 10 everything looks the same. I also hate the new application icon but wouldn't mind if I could just have the colours and lines back. I can't imagine it would be impossible to at least list it as an option under preferences.
I actually used my timecapsule to restore my older version of itunes. If anyone else wants to do the same just remember to also restore your library file. Not the whole darn folder of actual media but the item in the itunes folder called well "itunes library".
Without the icon colours and the feint lines I can hardly navigate. Why? I'm dyslexic. Not only is the contrast really crappy but I relied on the colours to help me navigate quickly in itunes 10 everything looks the same. I also hate the new application icon but wouldn't mind if I could just have the colours and lines back. I can't imagine it would be impossible to at least list it as an option under preferences.
I actually used my timecapsule to restore my older version of itunes. If anyone else wants to do the same just remember to also restore your library file. Not the whole darn folder of actual media but the item in the itunes folder called well "itunes library".
You're wrong about this. Most professional software uses monochromatic icon schemes because it places visual emphasis on the content itself. And Apple's designs have always been media-centric, so its a bit surprising it took them this long to focus all visual emphasis on the album covers themselves.
Think about it....how much of your itunes experience is delegated to the sidebar, compared to consuming the content itself? Probably a tenth of a fraction. The majority of your time is spent media managing. Form follows function.
Your dock icon example is D.O.A because the function of the dock isn't to manage visual media.
You really should watch b&w movies....particularly noir.....you may learn something from the masters on monochromatic design aesthetics!
That was the convention on windows, not OSX. And it certainly isn't a convention in software.
No offense, I'm just having a really hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that the sidebar is extremely difficult for you or anyone else to navigate. To me it's like an admission that you can't read or something. How did you ever navigate the songs themselves?
How about this for you. I'm dyslexic. I'm a writer. I am a capable reader. I manage because black on white is clear. I have used apple computers since the mac plus and my life got easier the day I bought my colour computer because colour icons make it easier for people like me to navigate.
So yeah. I can barely navigate the gray on gray bar. And if you give me gray on gray paper I can 't read that either.
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 fixedI didn't check that they all look normal.
- Small size only.
- Some may be broken.
- No guarantees.
(http://www.drien.com/projects.php)
Thanx so much!!! the gray ones are terribly ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! I use the Graphite theme on Mac OS X (hate the green, yellow, red buttons), and my vertical buttons were blue for some reason! Now they are back to their good old horizontal, grey self.
I also agree with a previous poster. The focus is on the content, the media. Think about Adobe Photoshop-- the toolbox icons are monochrome. You should be focused on the media, not the menu.
Then that makes you the first person I've read to have a legitimate gripe about this topic.
Sidebar icons are different colors in iPhoto. The iPhoto sidebar is closely analogous to the iTunes sidebar.
I don't like the gray icons. It looks non-functional and makes it harder to move quickly from one thing to another.
It's ironic to me that the ads and web site for the iPod nano and shuffle are so colorful, while iTunes is bland and gray.
The salvation !
I'm french but ... I'm very very ... very cool ^^
I know how to remove the " do you want to ... itunes.app to accept incoming connexions blabla "
Here there is a way http://forums.macnn.com/79/developer-center/355720/how-re-sign-apples-applications-once/
You must re-sign the application !
Create certificate like them
make it valid export the certificate like .cer in your desktop
rename in .crt
and put it in this folder (create it if it's not here)
/etc/certificates
ex:
name your certificate A
export it like A.cer
rename A.crt
put it in/etc/certificate
so the way is /etc/certificates/A.crt now
type in the terminal.app : codesign -f -s A (or /etc/certificates/A.crt /Applications/iTunes (or another)
let's finish
Hop your App is signed
Start the application ... crap ... this message again ! Yes but juste once ! ^^
So now I have everything working find !
Hope It helps ++
I'm french but ... I'm very very ... very cool ^^
I know how to remove the " do you want to ... itunes.app to accept incoming connexions blabla "
Here there is a way http://forums.macnn.com/79/developer-center/355720/how-re-sign-apples-applications-once/
You must re-sign the application !
Create certificate like them
make it valid export the certificate like .cer in your desktop
rename in .crt
and put it in this folder (create it if it's not here)
/etc/certificates
ex:
name your certificate A
export it like A.cer
rename A.crt
put it in/etc/certificate
so the way is /etc/certificates/A.crt now
type in the terminal.app : codesign -f -s A (or /etc/certificates/A.crt /Applications/iTunes (or another)
let's finish
Hop your App is signed
Start the application ... crap ... this message again ! Yes but juste once ! ^^
So now I have everything working find !
Hope It helps ++
I love everything about the new setup except the lack of color. Im ok with the new icons and the new font it seems. A lot more clarity and a lot more crisp but why no color!. The icons just dont stand out anymore. Bring back the colors!