Re: iTunes 7

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:49:18 -0700, Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
7d2hg2lgndeold9p34as02rk6hfje3t38b@xxxxxxx on 9/13/06 3:51 PM:

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:52:26 -0700, Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
pepgg2t8eblh5urrtipbq9sl3prm7mnrvd@xxxxxxx on 9/13/06 1:28 PM:

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:46:56 -0700, Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ok, so I was the first on my block to download iTunes 7.

For the most part it looks like a pretty good update... better organized
lists, different views, and - of course - the movies. But what is up with
the new color scheme? Looks like muddied gray blue... not to my liking.
Oh well, it is also not a big deal.

It is odd, though, that even the scroll bars and other such things have
their own "look" to them - why not have it match what that OS does? Is it
to ease the coding for Windows and Mac?

Apple wants iTunes to look the same in Windows as it does in OS X, for what
crazy reason, I don't know. Personally I wish iTunes was theme-aware on XP.

I can somewhat understand Apple making iTunes look Mac-like on Windows...
they are trying to entice people to come to the Mac... still, it *is* a
Windows programs, so it would be better yet to go with what you say - make it
work like a good Windows program on Windows and a good Mac program on a Mac.
Now it seems to do neither.

I guess Apple thinks that if its Media Player looks exactly like it does on
its shitty OS X desktop, Windows users will switch somehow.



Ah, now you are just spewing insults to try to get a rise out of folks who
like Macs. Good luck!

No, no, no, snit!!!
Everyone knows by now that I like my Apple Intel PC. It's OS X that I
don't care for. Please don't confuse the issue.

My apologies for mislabeling your trolling.

Sigh.

iTunes may look good (it does, in fact) though I hate the way it
doesn't organize files in an hierarchal list -- as in
"Artist/Album/song.xxx",

It does that in the browser.

but it certainly works like *** in Windows XP.

After playing a few tunes, all music played in it now sound like my
speakers are broken and blown. They aren't, I assure you. Even when
I play it using the iMac speakers rather than my external speakers, it
sounds just as bad..

Check your settings. Maybe you played with the equalizer?

I used the same settings I always use, snit. I've been using iTunes
since it was released for Windows (and of course, in OS X). The
equalizer has no such effect, either in OS X or Windows.

I have not used iTunes 7 much... I will be home more tomorrow... and likely
will have music on. I will let you know if I hear a difference.

I know it's iTunes 7 (Windows), because they play just fine in Windows Media
Player 11 or in QuickTime 7.1.3, using either the built-in speakers,
or my external speakers.

Looks like Apple missed it big-time on its iTunes 7.x (Windows)
upgrade this time.

Too bad. I liked iTunes, and I miss my iTunes Music Videos (for which
I paid beau coup bucks).

Why do you miss them? Where did they go?

Can't play them using Microsoft Digital Rights management, of course.
And Apple won't release "PlayFair, now, Apple" for Windows.

You can play Apple media on Windows.

Zat so? Then why won't Windows Media Player import iTunes protected
files? Hell, man, why won't WMP import ANY Apple meda? Could it be
that Microsoft doesn't want to pay the license fees for "Play fair,
now Apple"? (or the other way around, for that matter. I can't play
my Windows media files (protected or otherwise) because Apple refuses
to allow Microsoft Digital Rights in OS X.)

I could play my Apple media in iTunes for Windows, if it were WORKING
(maybe, since Apple changed the format of its media when they released
iTunes 7). However, iTunes 7 screws up my sound something fierce, as
I've said three times, now. I could reinstall iTunes 6.0.5, but
iTunes has gone and CHANGED the format of its files on the iTunes
store, and they are UNPLAYABLE in anything but iTunes 7.

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