Re: Apple Computer changes its name

["BLuRry" <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

> > - the mp3 player's memory appearing just as a plain disk drive, with all
> >   your mp3 files readily accessible  (they're there on your iPod too, true,
> >   although with the 'hidden' bit set, and also obfuscated behind obscure
> >   file names).
> >
> > I wonder why Apple insist on denying their users these features.....
>
> Probably for a reason related to the fact that the lack of those
> features doesn't seem to be substantially harming their adoption rate.
> Bluntly, they're only advantages to those who will use them. To everyone
> else, building them in represents an increase in complexity (of design
> and of user experience) and a perceived extraneous cost.

I can think of a good reason for it.  Space efficiency.  The files are
organized in a manner that yields a faster, more efficient song DB.  In
the spirit of this forum, I should mention a namespace that compact
would be fast-searchable even on older 8-bit apple products.  There's
free tools that can import/export music to this DB format, so there
really is no major issue AFAIK.  If you don't like iTunes, then hunt
sourceforge for an alternative or install Winamp.