Comments on: iTunes 5: About those lines… http://www.betalogue.com/2005/09/14/itunes-5-about-those-lines%e2%80%a6/ Notes from an unfinished world… Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pierre Igot http://www.betalogue.com/2005/09/14/itunes-5-about-those-lines%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 Pierre Igot Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:16:12 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2005/09/14/itunes-5-about-those-lines%e2%80%a6/#comment-3123 Yeah, it's a bit crazy, isn't it? Then again, there are thousands of different buttons used by web sites, so I guess people are getting used to clicking on all kinds of things that look more or less like buttons… Not sure it's a good thing, though :). Yeah, it’s a bit crazy, isn’t it? Then again, there are thousands of different buttons used by web sites, so I guess people are getting used to clicking on all kinds of things that look more or less like buttons… Not sure it’s a good thing, though :).

]]> By: Jussi http://www.betalogue.com/2005/09/14/itunes-5-about-those-lines%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Jussi Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:48:17 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2005/09/14/itunes-5-about-those-lines%e2%80%a6/#comment-3122 I've been quite astonished lately by the design of iTunes. There is quite little consistency whatever way one likes to see it. Here are some different designs for button like controls that I can spot in the latest iTunes: Round music controls, like Play iTunes footer buttons, like Shuffle links to iTMS, arrow to right inside a gray circle custom rounded button, like Show All Songs when displaying duplicates clickable categories in the new search bar small round buttons in the "LCD" display custom more rectangular buttons, like Unsubscribe in podcast view small custom rounded button, like Get in podcast view custom two tone rectangular button, like Sign in in music store view Hmmm... Did I forget something? Oh yeah, the get info and preferences windows, which are unfortunately still modal and interestingly boast Aqua look, use the default rounded Aqua button. So the total is 10 different designs for buttons and I did not even count every design found in the iTMS's weird web layout. I’ve been quite astonished lately by the design of iTunes. There is quite little consistency whatever way one likes to see it. Here are some different designs for button like controls that I can spot in the latest iTunes:

Round music controls, like Play
iTunes footer buttons, like Shuffle
links to iTMS, arrow to right inside a gray circle
custom rounded button, like Show All Songs when displaying duplicates
clickable categories in the new search bar
small round buttons in the “LCD” display
custom more rectangular buttons, like Unsubscribe in podcast view
small custom rounded button, like Get in podcast view
custom two tone rectangular button, like Sign in in music store view

Hmmm… Did I forget something? Oh yeah, the get info and preferences windows, which are unfortunately still modal and interestingly boast Aqua look, use the default rounded Aqua button.

So the total is 10 different designs for buttons and I did not even count every design found in the iTMS’s weird web layout.

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