Not much to say about this, other than check it out: A Macteens gallery member posted a pictorial history of Apple's iTunes icons, starting from the wonky multi-note CD to the slick blue one gracing us now. Most of us remember these icons pretty well, but it's cool to be able to analyze the subtle differences in each (i.e., how the CDs get more pronounced with each iteration).iTunes icon history
Not much to say about this, other than check it out: A Macteens gallery member posted a pictorial history of Apple's iTunes icons, starting from the wonky multi-note CD to the slick blue one gracing us now. Most of us remember these icons pretty well, but it's cool to be able to analyze the subtle differences in each (i.e., how the CDs get more pronounced with each iteration).
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9-13-2006 @ 10:15AM
Brad said...
Eh, it's not that great of a timeline.
Anyone else distracted by the boobs in the corner?
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9-13-2006 @ 10:23AM
CcntMnky said...
The ad is less distracting if you blow it up in the center of the screen. Then you're just focusing :)
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9-13-2006 @ 10:26AM
Stefan K said...
very distracting that corner indeed...
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9-13-2006 @ 11:02AM
Peter White said...
already clicked on it twice :
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9-13-2006 @ 11:23AM
bingegamer said...
Well, we've definitely lost to the advertising industry on this one, :P.
BTW, someone should make an icon pack for these old iTunes versions... unless it already exists and I'm dumb.
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9-13-2006 @ 2:15PM
Billy K said...
Amazing timeline. No, really.
One commenter mentioned that the CD is getting more vertical. True. I bet the CD disappears completely in the next version and is replaced by some ol' circle.
Think about it - iTunes is hardly about playing CDs anymore. It suely was back in the olden days of 1.0 and 2.0, but who plays a CD in iTunes anymore? Usually it's only in there long enough to rip.
If there is a point to the iPod/iTunes digital music combo, it's that CDs aren't necessary. Yet the icon still prominently displays one. I bet it's gone soon.
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9-13-2006 @ 2:59PM
Aaron Priven said...
That's a good point. Maybe they should replace it with an LP.
Or a wax cylinder.
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9-14-2006 @ 10:28PM
Reid said...
i hate the new look. why blue??? it looks like crap
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9-15-2006 @ 1:17AM
Bryan Goertz said...
yeah... the boobs.... one minute i'm checking out stuff i intended to inform myself of - hence the name of the blog site... and all of a sudden.... not apple, but boobs. Weird.
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9-18-2006 @ 2:23PM
Gavin Strange said...
I hate this new icon! It just seems really old fashioned for some reason. Not sure why btut I just dont like it!
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9-20-2006 @ 11:14AM
Laurens-Jan said...
The restyled iTunes 7 logo is butt-ugly IMHO. I'm seriously considering removing it from my Dock to keep my Camino and Transmit icons from becoming infected with Ugly Disease.
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