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iTunes 5 looks like SoundJam

itunes 5 mini playerSo, as I am reading all your comments on my Hot or Not post, I realized that there's something very familiar about the new iTunes 5 interface: it looks like the old SoundJam that you can see here. (Thanks to Scott for the link!)

Is it just me, or did Apple just go retro?
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So, as I am reading all your comments on my Hot or Not post, I realized that there's something very familiar about the new iTunes 5...
 

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Bigfat

Whats sad is that I still think SoundJam MP is still the most functional MP3 App ever created, behind Audion. iTunes is childs play compared to either. Sadly, both are now gone. Oh well.

September 08 2005 at 6:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jacob Vance

... So this is the kind of junk that earns $4 a post? Wow.

September 08 2005 at 12:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

Seems like I downloaded a skin for Audion before iTunes existed that looked remarkably like this. Dare I say it looked better? Seems like there were option for choosing the color of the backlighting in the "display" area. It could be blue or green or clear. Now that I think about it, I miss Audion's downloadable skins a lot. .

September 08 2005 at 10:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Pennington

Hm, I guess they look a bit alike but not really. But man did you take me on a trip down memory lane! SoundJam! It's like it's 2001 all over again and I'm using 10.0! Or 9....

September 08 2005 at 9:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leo

#13 - jh: I don't see that WMA option. Are you using MacOS or Windows? Could it have been from some previous plugin? I'm on a windows computer right now and don't see WMA :-/

September 08 2005 at 12:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wheels

If Apple goes WMA, I'm going to shoot myself. I've come close to doing that today!

September 07 2005 at 8:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jh

also now in the ipod spec page "Upgradable firmware enables support for future audio formats" Dont think that was there before either

September 07 2005 at 8:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jh

Anyone else notice that WMA is now what is chosen for you in itunes as your "import using"... Perhaps as sign of things to come. I might be wrong but i think WMA importing wasnt even an option in the other version(s).

September 07 2005 at 8:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leo

they aren't really that similar. hardly news worthy. +

September 07 2005 at 7:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jay Contonio

I like the new look, but the new mini player looks whack for some reason. And on the Windows version (without the dropshadow) there is an extra 1 pixel of black on the sides of the main itunes window...looks weird.

September 07 2005 at 6:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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