For as popular and mainstream as it is, iTunes isn’t necessarily the “best” desktop music program more as it is the most widely supported. It’s worth pointing out that popularity and actual feature list/usefulness/design do not always go hand in hand. An easy example is can be seen in a couple of Nokia’s more recent handsets such as the N97 — chock full of features, but none of them are executed too perfectly. But that’s neither here nor there.
If you are in fact one of the many who uses iTunes to manage music and whatnot, you may recall that browser based previews launched back in late ’09. This feature allowed users to preview information about an artist, song, or album within a neat little browser window before being asked to open iTunes. Not anything major, but it’s the small things that count. Apple has always made it a staple point of theirs to strive for consistency among their products. Realizing that, having browser based previews come to App Store apps only seems like the next logical step.
From here on out, clicking on any iTunes App Store link will bring up the same preview window in your browser as it does for iTunes Music, giving users a quicker and more convenient method to quickly skim over any information they be searching for in regards to a particular app. At the same time, iTunes will now automatically launch in the background. Some may dislike this auto-launch of iTunes but overall it isn’t obtrusive or annoying. Then again, my MBP isn’t a slouch by any means. From the preview window, you can of course continue on with opening iTunes(if it hasn’t already for some reason) and go about your app browsing.
Again, it’s nothing earth shattering or revolutionary. But it’s nice, easy, and intuitive. Thoughts?
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