iTunes 5.0 Special Report: New interface design complaints

A number of users have expressed dissatisfaction with iTunes 5.0's interface makeover, noting that the new window design does not match that of most other Mac OS X applications including the Finder.

One poster to Apple's Discussion Boards, Bill, writes:

"I just installed iTunes 5 on my PowerBook (which is not my main iTunes computer) to see what everyone is talking about. It looks absolutely terrible! I have to wonder if they are now coding iTunes for Windows first and then porting over to the Mac, because this new iTunes looks and feels like a typically bad Windows app."

Meanwhile, MacFixIt reader Kurt laments the fact that track times over one hour are now abbreviated:

"I have not seen it mentioned on your page that iTunes 5 does not properly display the times for tracks longer than 59:59. I listen to them regularly and in iTunes 5 they are often abbreviated 1:...30, making the time display useless. There is no reason for the abbreviation either, as the progress bar could easily be shortened a few pixels to accommodate the long times."

Index:

• Release Notes
• iTunes 5.0.1 coming with several bug fixes
• Album art not displayed, solutions
• Disc burning issues: Drives not recognized, more
• New interface design complaints
• iPod mini problems
• iPod not recognized
• iTunes encoded tracks not playing correctly in other applications
• Jumping from song to song erratically
• Entire library lost, fix
• Make sure your iApps are updated
• Sharing not working; fix
• Persistent "Quit iTunes before installing" message, fix
• Podcasts lost
• Purchased music playlist lost
• Reverting (downgrading) to iTunes 4.9
• Some music (particularly purchased tracks) not transferring to iPod
• Playback problems
• Tracks demanding re-authorization
• Improvements

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