I tend toward the hyperbolic when it comes to Apple and Steve Jobs. I completely overlooked the bool;et = pdf feature so yes I am overjoyed about that. I don't know why they didn't call it PDF. As Madonna would say "That is so DUH". The complete list (from my report at http://FutureMedia.org ) of new features:
• Time Display same as iPod - Elapsed left end, Remaining right end • Playlist Folders - combine playlists into folders • Search Bar - easier to find tracks • "VIDEOS" Isolator button for motion pictures • "Booklets" Isolator button for PDF enclosures • Microsoft Outlook for Windows Auto Synching Contacts and Calendars • Snart Shuffle - choose frequency of artist and album track repeats • Album Reviews - helps you learn what the albums are about • Parental Controls - keeps kids from downloading explicit content -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley http://FutureMedia.org On Sep 8, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Steve Watkins wrote: > I wouldnt go as far as to call it groundbreaking, but the search bar > is useful. Its equally useful to me when Im not entering any search > terms and just want to see all my videos listed in the library but > nothing else. So Ive gone to 'edit->show search bar' so that it is > always there. > > They actually confused me a bit by calling it the search bar, its more > like a filter bar. > > Id guess you are happy to see the 'booklets' option in the search bar > too, as you were talking about pdf format via RSS enclosures a > while back? > > My biggest iTunes feature wish is a technical one, they need to change > the way its handling video playback. If I play a 'challenging' video > in itunes, eg a h264 at high resframerate, the playback is nowhere > near sa smooth as it is in quicktime7 player. Ive been experimenting > with some 50fps stuff, and it just isnt watchable in iTunes. > > This isnt desperately urgent, as theres so few people doing high-res > video at the moment, but considering Apple's own attempts to promote > HD H264, its something they need to fix sometime. Hopefully its just > the method they use to render video to the graphics card that isnt > optimised for Tiger or something, so it wont be too hard to fix. But > if its down to whatever language/development system they wrote itunes > in, or the processor performance of macs in general, then oops. Ive > not tried the PC version of itunes to see how it behaves. > > Are there any proper new features in itunes5 that havent been > discussed here yet? Im still underwhelmed, but then I usually am eh. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
