Comments on: iTunes 4.5

By: marc

marc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, you’ve probably seen by now that your first suggestion; “…Option-clicking on the status display’s new “reveal song in playlist” arrow should reveal it in the library”, is actually how it works — Option-click the arrow to show just that artist in your list — which is quicker than finding the artist in your browse list.

I tend to agree with (2), though as it stands now, not moving the list means you can quickly click ‘All’ artists, to reset the list, which esentially operates as a ‘back to previous state’ command.

Finally, you can permanently invert the behaviour of the arrows, via the following Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks -bool YES

cheers

By: marc

marc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hmmm, helps to fully read a post, before replying! Sorry about that! ; )

By: Daniel J. Wilson

Daniel J. Wilson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

:) By the way, I’m enjoying your del.icio.us feed. I too might have to buy NearTime Flow.

By: marc

marc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Huh, thanks. : ) I’ve wondered, once or twice, if there was anyone reading mine… : ) I’ve got your feed subscribed, and of course, it’d be quite interesting to see the relationships, networks, reputation, power law… blah, blah. There’s a lot more potential in there, waiting to be explored. Josh has plans for that type of stuff, but not sure when he’ll get around to it.

Re Near-Time, yeah, it does look interesting. I’m still interested in the idea of Tinderbox, but have never taken the plunge… Curio seemed interesting to begin with, but it lacks the depth I’m looking for… I think..! : )

cheers

By: marc

marc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Re social aspects to del.icio.us…. although, having said that, there is a certain comfort/value in the sense of anonymity possible, that currently exists… the flip side of exposing the relationships and networks could be to instil a sense of hierarchy, and competition to the system.

As things currently work, I could be bookmarking for just myself, or an avid set of readers (tho I don’t think I am, think Clay, or Joi or other ‘celebrities’), and not know the difference, and therefore, not ‘fall victim’ to that outside consideration…

Just to counteract my previous statement, I think there’s a lot of strength in the individual user’s being entirely equal, and the value of the system being drawn from the data itself, either by directly following an individual, or particular topics.

…and of course, ‘popularity’, or reputation, are inherently possible anyway, simply by users bookmarking, rather than (or as well as), subscribing to a feed, since that would introduce a user’s list into the ranking system, as a number have been.

BTW, seen the ‘delicious linkulator’, it’s another handy tool: http://negatendo.net/delicious/linkulator.cgi