Front Row remote: "sophisticated simplicity"
Michael Greeson has written an article for Designtechnica
purporting to see Apple's future in digital home media
simply by analyzing their famously minimal 6-button Front Row remote and the new Mac minis. While it might sound like
quite the leap, he's written a great article that gives some serious credit where credit is due in terms of the
remote's wild departure from the accepted design norm. Dubbing a philosophy of "sophisticated simplicity,"
Michael believes many of Apple's careful design choices in products like the Mac mini, the iPod and this remote are
finally striking the right chord with consumers who are tired of products with so many buttons and features that
they're nearly indiscernible from an airline pilot's control panel.The article is a nice homage to Apple's design ideals, and I for one am glad to see someone appreciating Apple for what the company and their products are really worth, above and beyond the typical "hey there's no viruses" or "wow this iPod's great." Check it out.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Winston said 11:19AM on 3-04-2006
Is it just me, or are your links just pointing to the penny arcade article?
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paul from germany said 11:29AM on 3-04-2006
link should go to
http://news.designtechnica.com/talkback104.html
google tells me...
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umijin said 11:51AM on 3-04-2006
Hmmm... now if I can just get Front Row to control the friggin' Radio in iTunes, as well as start up right away when I press the menu button and other things...
It's got lots of potential and the latest version has improved much. But it's got a long way to go yet.
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bren said 5:58PM on 3-04-2006
One step a time........but why no radio option for the Hi-Fi in the software update???
I know this thread is about the remote, but this is pissing me off!!!!!!!!!!!!
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