iTunes 7.5 No Longer Immune
November 6th, 2007iTunes 7.5 windows de-selected but still displayed go white like other Mac OS X 10.5 windows (Safari, Mail, etc.):
When selected:
No, it doesn’t change size or song, I had to shrink it to deal with the massive drop shadow. I know. You really care. o
It seems like lots of Apple UI decisions are based on what looks cool in a TV commercial or looks interesting in the Apple Store, like the Dock. But after an hour or so of use, you realize what a pain it is.
huh? i am confused. what does this pertain to? sorry.
@dhgatsby, it pertains to Mac OS 10.5 and how it handles windows. You may want to look here.
Frighteningly, I DO care! I still think Apple “gets” the UI zeitgeist in ways that other vendors simply do not.
When the original OS X UI was described as “lickable” way back in 2001, that was all we really needed to know.
Little things can make a big difference in how we use them. In that sense, Apple’s definitely on to something. It amazes me that the rest of the world still hasn’t figured it out.
@Carmi: They still get it? They’ve been losing touch little by little, month by month. Remember those simple days of Panther and the early days of Tiger? I wish I could feel that way again. Now when I use Apple products, I feel like an orphan who has no choice but to go home to foster parents that beat him constantly. Would some incredible and impossibly awesome computer hardware/software company please adopt me??? Make sure you’re compatible with Adobe products, too.
Anywho… I had to upgrade to Leopard to use Boot Camp, but didn’t really want to. Don’t want to run Windows, and am not confident in Linux, from a graphics-professional standpoint. Apple needs to not worry about being the cool kid and just do things right again. And innovate goddammit (*ahem* tabbed finder anyone? Anyone?)
It could be worse…you could be using windows vista and just have the (badly) ripped off version of Mac OS X! Any sympathy gratefully received
ugh that drop shadow is hideous… i need to upgrade to get boot camp but that almost makes me not want to. is there any way to get rid of it, perhaps in terminal?