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Level 5Sep 10th 2009 6:15AM
Meh, iTunes blows again as usual. I love my iPod, and I'm even mulling around getting an iPhone, but this software needs a MASSIVE overhaul. It may run well on Macs, but in Windows, this is one of the worst mainstream programs I've ever ever seen. My suggestions:
1 - GET RID OF THE SKIN. It does absolutely nothing but subliminally advertise for the Mac. Nothing. It takes more RAM and quite frankly clashes with XP, Vista, and 7.
2 - Get rid of unwanted services. Do not run AppleMobileDeviceService unless, GASP, there is connected hardware that REQUIRES it. And when said hardware is not connected, automatically unload this process. It's not needed. Same with iPodService, and iTunesHelper. On my machine, they take an extra 10MB of memory. When Windows 7 and its necessary processes only take about 600-700MB of memory, that's a problem. Even with 4GB in my machine, this makes a difference. These services do not need to run when the hardware is not connected. There's zero need to have 10MB worth of shit running just so iTunes launches when someone hooks an iPod up.
3 - Allow WDM control of the window. Again, iTunes doesn't need a skin, and it would benefit greatly from the window management. Even in 9, shadows clip, scrollbars flake out, etc. Ditch this shit, Safari doesn't have it anymore, why does iTunes?
4 - Relinquish control of the fonts. Why do we keep loading Tahoma, Arial, and System for Vista? What the hell is wrong with Segoe UI? It's actually quite similar to Lucida Grande and Myriad (Pro). I'm not sure what Apple hopes to gain by making the Windows version user a mishmash of fonts when it really only needs ONE, the one that is used in majority by the OS.