I've familiar with iTunes on the Mac, so was delighted that the interface and keyboard shortcuts are so similar. That interface and the shortcuts are so well crafted that I can get by without right clicking my mouse just fine.
But I've got two simple request for the next version (and I hope it is released soon).
A 'Always On Top' option.
A option to keep the icon out of my task bar, the system tray is the only place I need to see it - there is a system tray option, but it still shows up in the task bar.
I'd like to have seen a provision to close the Gun Show loophole. Although not if it was written as sloppy as the other points. Rather than trolling though, I'd like to know what other if there is some other detail that people think should have been included in the Bill.
Would automakers be for it? Most likely not. Ditto for the petroleum corporations, as already mentioned. But it is possible that consumer demand could encourage someone to manufacture such a automobile.
I'm generalizing here, but just look at the telecommunications industry for an example of how this could happen. Ten years ago many of their engineers were resisting IP based switching, prefering to stick to what they knew, circuit switches. New companies were funded and began to build an IP infrastructure, proving that such a infrastructure could handle high loads reliably while reducing manitenace costs. That added pressure to the MaBells to make the switch and reduce their costs too. Of course such a path is not without its risks as the current valuation of companies such as QWest proves. The telecommunications industry is not a perfect analogy, it does not have the problems that a new auto manufacture would have. No matter how nice the final product was, I doubt that anybody would be interested in a car that came from a new manufacture without a established dealer network.
Maybe a smaller (and independent) manufacture would be a better option. The only problem there is that there are so few independent manufactures left in the world. Seems as though they are all owned by GM, Ford, BMW, or MB Daimler Chrysler. Another possibility is that a small manufacture could develop the technology and then be acquired by a larger corporation once the concept was refined, but of course there you run the risk that they would never do anything with it.
Regardless, if a car could be produced that ran on Hydrogen and performed similar to a gas powered ride I'd get in line for one. But probably not right away.
I have a libary full of indie or near-indy bands, I quit using napster because I noticed a sever decline in new hits several months ago. I suspect that the reason that there are some many 'Big Music' bands is because the adverage Napster user is not into that kind of music. Neither am I but try looking up Britityney Spears songs and I would assume you would get a ton of hits. My way of getting good new indie MP3s is from ripping friends ripped CDs of rare stuff and supporting the musician whe the use of the MP3 merit it.
There are plenty of other ways to get good music. The only problem I had/have with loosing Napser is the precedent that it sets.
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Thanks, I just did.
But I've got two simple request for the next version (and I hope it is released soon).
Hot on the heals of last weeks Are 99.9% of Websites Obsolete? comes a follow up at Digial Web: 99.9% of Proper Grammar Is Obsolete.
I'd like to have seen a provision to close the Gun Show loophole. Although not if it was written as sloppy as the other points. Rather than trolling though, I'd like to know what other if there is some other detail that people think should have been included in the Bill.
Would automakers be for it? Most likely not. Ditto for the petroleum corporations, as already mentioned. But it is possible that consumer demand could encourage someone to manufacture such a automobile.
I'm generalizing here, but just look at the telecommunications industry for an example of how this could happen. Ten years ago many of their engineers were resisting IP based switching, prefering to stick to what they knew, circuit switches. New companies were funded and began to build an IP infrastructure, proving that such a infrastructure could handle high loads reliably while reducing manitenace costs. That added pressure to the MaBells to make the switch and reduce their costs too. Of course such a path is not without its risks as the current valuation of companies such as QWest proves. The telecommunications industry is not a perfect analogy, it does not have the problems that a new auto manufacture would have. No matter how nice the final product was, I doubt that anybody would be interested in a car that came from a new manufacture without a established dealer network.
Maybe a smaller (and independent) manufacture would be a better option. The only problem there is that there are so few independent manufactures left in the world. Seems as though they are all owned by GM, Ford, BMW, or MB Daimler Chrysler. Another possibility is that a small manufacture could develop the technology and then be acquired by a larger corporation once the concept was refined, but of course there you run the risk that they would never do anything with it.
Regardless, if a car could be produced that ran on Hydrogen and performed similar to a gas powered ride I'd get in line for one. But probably not right away.
I have a libary full of indie or near-indy bands, I quit using napster because I noticed a sever decline in new hits several months ago. I suspect that the reason that there are some many 'Big Music' bands is because the adverage Napster user is not into that kind of music. Neither am I but try looking up Britityney Spears songs and I would assume you would get a ton of hits. My way of getting good new indie MP3s is from ripping friends ripped CDs of rare stuff and supporting the musician whe the use of the MP3 merit it.
There are plenty of other ways to get good music. The only problem I had/have with loosing Napser is the precedent that it sets.