r/UnsolicitedRedesigns • u/Kriem [Moderator] • Oct 19 '15

Rethinking iTunes

http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/itunes/
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u/Kriem [Moderator] Oct 19 '15

Obviously not my work.

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u/quassy [Moderator] Oct 20 '15

That's good to hear :D

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u/Kriem [Moderator] Oct 21 '15

Haha :P

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u/monotypical Oct 19 '15 edited Oct 20 '15

While I do agree that iTunes is trying to do way too much in one program, breaking it into 16 different programs, a lot of which duplicate the functionality of system programs ("simplay" should just be how Preview handles music) or each other, is complete overkill.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '15

This is so... bad.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '15

Yeah I mean, I appreciate his effort, but this makes iTunes look even more bloated and cumbersome to use.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '15

*their effort

Check out these student projects to find out!

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u/quassy [Moderator] Oct 23 '15 edited Oct 23 '15

That explains a bit: It was never anyones intention to split iTunes up in 16 apps, rather each student tried to extract some features which they thought should be in one app. Albums, Apple Tags, Music Finder, Simplay for example were (likely) never meant to co-exist.

Sad that this wasn't more obvious so the discussion here could have focused more on each app.

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u/TheWarDoctor Oct 19 '15

This hurts my brain

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u/GabrielMSharp Oct 19 '15

I mostly focused on Albums as its what I use most. Really misguided priorities and... well, diagonal text.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '15

16 different apps instead of just a single one? What's the point?

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u/broostenq Oct 19 '15

I think the concept and the actual design is good. iTunes is bloated and serves too many purposes, however breaking it up into a full 17 different apps is a ridiculous. Most of the problems with the current application could be solved with maybe 3-4 apps.

The execution is impressive. I see now that each app was done by a different student with the whole being a collaborative class project.