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> > 1. Installed failed with errors about some
> > corrupt data.cab....

> I installed it on my 2 PCs tonight with
> absolutely no problems.

You sure cannot blame it on me or my PC.

> I'm not noticing any slow reponse issues in my
> library, but I am noticing slow reponses in the
> music store.

I think that is true in my case too. Just that views other than Music store are not showing vertical scroll bar yet!

> Yes, for most things you register for online
> you need to provide a birthdate. There are 2
> reasons for this... 1 - it's illegal to gather
> contact info for someone under the age of 13.
> 2 - you have to be 18 to use a credit-card.

They can ask for age. On the contrary, they are asking only for birth-date, without asking for borth year! The reason mentioned there is recovery in case of forgotten passwords" for which they have a secret question/answer too. Now how do you explain that!

>> 4. User-Interface is not good enough -- there
>> is a search box there with no search "button"
>> there. What if somebody likes to use mouse
>> only!!

> You know, I hadn't noticed until you mentioned
> it. I think previous versions of iTunes has a
> search button (at least I don't remember not
> having a search button.) That being said, it
> actually requires more effort to use the mouse
> to enter a typical search. You are already
> using the keyboard to enter the search
> criteria... may as well just click 'enter'
> or 'return'

It is a matter of preferences here. IE address bar does not come with a "Go" button but you can add it.

> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?
> artnum=93014

Thank you for this one. I could not locate this by myself.

> I've been waiting for iTunes for Windows for a
> long time. I used to be a big WinAmp fan until
> iTunes originally came out for Mac, then I
> almost immediately stopped using my PCs for
> MP3s altogether. Now that I have it on Windows,
> I think the iTunes portion of the package works
> great. I installed it, restarted Windows,
> opened iTunes and withing a minute had all my
> MP3s and AACs from my Mac playing through this
> PC. The music store portion of it,
> unfortunately, needs some optimization for
> Windows. It's not nearly the slick experience
> it is on the Mac, and that's unfortunate. It's
> not going to affect me as much, since I do have
> a Mac at home and there would no reason for me
> to suddenly stop purchasing the music on the
> Mac, but Apple knows better. They don't usually
> release stuff that doesn't simply ooze user-
> experience. Hopefully they'll tweak it a little
> and release a patch or something.

Absolutely. They need to tweak it. And quite a lot to say that iTunes for Windows is the best application ever written for Windows. I unfortunately do not have a Mac so still prefer WinAmp, and WinAmp does not support AAC.

Warm regards - Alok

Posted by: alokgovil   Posted on: 10/17/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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