So I downloaded iTunes today, because it is probably where things are headed, and I wanted to take a look. The install took a little bit of time (whatever), and it added Quicktime to my systray (yes, I know that's not it's real name) - I hate it when applications add themselves to my systray - and I fired 'er up.

First impression - I was scolded for not having restarted my computer before loading it. They say you don't get a second chance to make a first impression... but I'm forgiving, so I press on. The iTunes window pops up, and it looks good, very organized, taking up about 75% of the center part of my screen. So, I double-click the title bar of the window to maximize it (I'm a big fan of maximized windows). The window proceeds to make itself bigger... taking up about 85-90% of the center part of my screen... not maximized - strike two. OK, Apple developers apparently don't use Windows very often, but again - I'm forgiving. So, I click the middle control button on the right of the title bar - 99.999% of the time reserved for maximizing/restoring. Not today - in iTunes, the button puts the app into supercompact skin mode - strike three... now I'm frustrated.

Me - the developer who forgives HCI errors 100x more often than any normal user. I started to manually resize the window to fill the screen... and the window took *forever* to keep up with the mouse pointer as I dragged it... my PC may be a few years old, but it's not that bad... nothing ever moves that slow - strike, um, four... now I'm pissed.

Well, I closed the app at that point, and don't know if/when I'll open it again. They've had a good while to bring the Window version of this app to light, and as far as I'm concerned failed miserably. I was outright angry at the app before I even had a chance to look around.

Is this how Mac users feel when they're using MS Office for Macs?

- G


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