From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4AB27412.9080809@0x6a.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:38:26 -0500 From: Jack Norton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <3e1162e60909170856x1969d92g97afebf251320f6e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60909170856x1969d92g97afebf251320f6e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] "Blocks" in C Topicbox-Message-UUID: 714d2ce6-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 David Leimbach wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Charles Forsyth > > wrote: > > we'd have been much better off if Apple had instead spent the > time and effort writing a decent iTunes, or opening their platform > interfaces enough that someone else could do it (and on Linux, not > just Mac or Windows). > > > What's your gripe on iTunes? I've had a few issues with it, but it > does seem to get the job done somehow. Honestly just curious. I'd like to jump in on this. I hate iTunes with a passion. It is a huge monolithic godlike creature that tries to do everything for me (usually when I don't want it to). It brings my 12" powerbook to a screeching halt (I get beach balled to death), and it doesn't natively support many audio/video codecs/containers (and isn't that easily extended, which brings up quicktime.... ). Then again, I grew up using winamp, and I absolutely love the old style winamp. No bloody database, no crazy multi-tiered file browser, and no video player. Just select a song(s) and play. Itunes is not a media player, it is a platform in and of itself. It is the emacs of media players (in that it is all encompassing, there is a church/cult, etc...). Just about the simplest way to play audio on a computer, save for the methods in plan9 :) (I'm _trying_ to get us back on topic...) Ok I'm done. -Jack