The key, though, is that iTunes 12 works pretty well, and a work in progress. Other upgraded software does not, especially Microsoft software. The question remains, why produce something that does not work and do away with what does?
--- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 12:22 AM Subject: RE: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in itunes 11 Hi Charles, With all due respect, I don’t think you can compare Chess and iTunes *smile*. That would be saying why invent cars if a horse and buggy worked perfectly well. You can always find a comparison to support a point you want to make. The point is that Apple has changed and will continue to change iTunes and probably iOS to go along with their vision for the product and with what they feel people like. By people I mean the sighted world. While visually impaired people in my opinion still are important to Apple despite how it seems accessibility is being put on the backburner, we are a very small minority. I remember when touch screen devices first started to gain popularity a lot of blind people groaned and moaned about what was going to happen and before we knew it Apple showed us what would happen, they made touch screen devices accessible. I remember when I had MobileSpeak from Code Factory I once borrowed an LG touch screen phone which ran Windows Mobile 6.1 and I installed MobileSpeak on it which back then boasted touch screen support. I had to touch the 4 corners of the phone in different ways to simulate pressing the home button and so on and while it seemed sort of cool at first, when I compare it to my first iOS device which I got only a year or so later the attempt to make touch screen phones accessible that way was rather funny. Sort of like a little boy with a plastic hammer imitating his carpenter Dad. But back to iTunes. iTunes 12 I think is awesome except for just a couple of small things which can be done but were maybe a bit more easy to accomplish in iTunes 11. Other than than that I think it works great. I’d love to do a Podcast about iTunes 12, but let’s hope Jonathan is maybe considering it since he has done such a fantastic job with iTunes 11 and Jaws 14, maybe he’ll have an iTunes 12 with Jaws 16 follow-up; after all, this type of thing is what he does, I’m just a retailer who likes technology. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in itunes 11 To remain competitive, I would stay with something dependable and stable that continues to withstand the test of time. Chess is a good example. Even after a few thousand years, it's still one of the best strategy games for two players, and the rules of the game haven't been changed all that much. Why haven't they? Because the game works as it is designed to. On the other hand, companies like Microsoft are always having issues with their new fangled, newly designed, current operating systems when they had a perfectly good system, namely Windows XP. However, they would rather stay current and innovative, as well as less dependable and accessible than before. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! ----- Original Message ----- From: David Chittenden To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:29 PM Subject: Re: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in itunes 11 Interestingly, you only feel this way when the product works perfectly for your specific needs. On the other hand, even when the product meets other people's needs, but it doesn't meet your needs, you want the product to be changed. The fact is, other people have different needs, and to remain competitiv:, companies need to change to remain viable, competitiv:, and alive. Think about it, how many apps on the app store have not been upgraded and are now effectively dead? How many apps are no longer available because the creator has gone on to other things? David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 9 Nov 2014, at 14:28, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: I totally agree. If it ain't broke, quit fixing it!! Adding new features is OK, but don't remove what works well, and don't change the layout so drastically that it doesn't even resemble what really works well. In my opinion, changing something just because you feel that it is time to do so, whether it be to antiquity or to appear to stay current, makes no sense to me at all. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! ----- Original Message ----- From: Fanus To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 10:47 AM Subject: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked like in itunes 11 Hello list I wonder why companies always change stuff that worked. I try to transfer apps to my iPhone with iTunes 12 but there is no "sync" button and I can't check and uncheck the apps in the list. ITunes 11 worked so well, so I am always wondering why change something that works? Regards Fanus -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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