Considering Apple fired their HI team just before developing OS X, I don't
think Apple is really concerned with useability anymore. I used to be part
of Apple's HI developer list, and it became painfully apparent with OS X
that they were more concerned with making the Unix people happy than with
making the OS easy.

-Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: iTunes! BEWARE

> Wow!  An argument coming back all the way from 1992!  ;^)
>
> Personally I've found that if anything MS is leading the charge in
> usability lately, not Apple; especially with XP (but ever since Windows
> 95 usability has obviously been a priority),   I agree that the argument
> has historical merit but give credit where credit is due: MS is making
> some of the most usable software around these days (and Apple is
> dropping the ball more and more often).
>
> Jim Davis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:37 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: iTunes! BEWARE
>
> Usually Apple doesn't drop the ball like this when it comes to
> usability.
> They must have hired some Microsoft programmers and designers to develop
>
> the Windows version of iTunes.
>
> larry
>
> At 12:51 PM 10/20/2003, you wrote:
> >Yeah, as several other people have indicated there's a checkbox.  Even
> that
> >checkbox doesn't really indicate that it's going to move any files.
> >
> >Poor design - horrible design.  I haven't been this pissed at a
> software
> >company in a very long time.
> >
> >-Cameron
> >
> >-----------------
> >Cameron Childress
> >Sumo Consulting Inc.
> >---
> >cell:  678-637-5072
> >aim:   cameroncf
> >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ><http://www.sumoc.com>http://www.sumoc.com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:47 AM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: RE: iTunes! BEWARE
> >
> >Could it be some option you ran? I've imported my entire library (40+
> >gigs) and haven't seen any re-organizing of folders/files.
> >
> >-ray
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 7:54 AM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: RE: iTunes! BEWARE
> >
> >I was excited to hear about iTunes being available for Windows, but
> >after
> >installing and using it for the first time I found my MP3 collection
> had
> >been completely re-organized by the program.  It renamed files, folder,
> >and
> >moved files around all over the place.  I am now pretty much screwed -
> >my
> >entire collection is a total mess and I can't find half the songs.
> >
> >Consider this one huge vote AGAINST iTunes.  It will probably take me
> >weeks
> >to get everything back in the right order, and named correctly.  I may
> >never
> >be able to get it all back into place.  I consider iTunes a horrible
> >piece
> >of software.  Uninstalling now...
> >
> >-Cameron
> >
> >-----------------
> >Cameron Childress
> >Sumo Consulting Inc.
> >---
> >cell:  678-637-5072
> >aim:   cameroncf
> >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ><http://www.sumoc.com>http://www.sumoc.com
> >
> >   _____
> >
> >
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