{"id":186,"date":"2006-05-01T21:42:29","date_gmt":"2006-05-01T12:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-05-01\/186"},"modified":"2006-05-01T21:42:29","modified_gmt":"2006-05-01T12:42:29","slug":"more-ipod-gripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-05-01\/186","title":{"rendered":"More iPod Gripes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/iPod2.jpg\" width=\"132\" height=\"217\"\nclass=\"img_right\"\nid=\"iiPod2\"\nindexhint=\"top\"\/>\n\nSo after losing my old 60-gig 4th-generation iPod at <span class='nobr'>a hotel<\/span> in <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-03-16\/160\">Malaysia<\/a> <b>)-:<\/b> <span class='nobr'>I got<\/span>\nhome and ordered <span class='nobr'>a new<\/span> one, <span class='nobr'>a 60<\/span>-gig 5th-generation iPod. <span class='nobr'>The new one<\/span> is\nthinner than the old one, can play videos, and is black.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nI use it mostly <a href=\"\/blog\/2006-02-13\/150\">at the\ngym<\/a>, but also in the car and sometimes out and about or at home. <span class='nobr'>I like it<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a lot.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I'm not one<\/span> of those rabid Apple fans, or, perhaps, even an\nApple fan at all, but <span class='nobr'>I must<\/span> admit that Apple does <span class='nobr'>a very<\/span> good job of\nkeeping things simple and clean, yet leaving more advanced features just\nunder the surface within easy reach of those who want them.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nSo, it is with that in mind that the few features <span class='nobr'>I wish<\/span> my iPod had stand\nout so glaringly in my mind as &#8220;missing&#8221;. Since I'm sure <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/bios\/jobs.html\">Steve<\/a> reads my blog, <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> I'd post my new iPod feature wishlist (which is in addition to <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2005-06-30\/40\">the old one<\/a>):\n\n<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><p>\n\n       If the per-song option to trim some time off the start and\/or end of\n       <span class='nobr'>a song<\/span> is used (so that only some middle portion actually plays),\n       the &#8220;song time&#8221; and, if used in <span class='nobr'>a playlist,<\/span> the\n       &#8220;playlist time&#8221; does not reflect the shortened time.\n       This is exceedingly annoying, since <span class='nobr'>I use<\/span> this feature the most on\n       songs for my &#8220;30-minute workout&#8221; playlists for the gym,\n       and it becomes quite difficult to keep track of how long the\n       playlist will actually play.\n\n       <\/p><\/li><li><p>\n\n       Similarly, on the iPod itself during song playback, there's no\n       indication that the &#8220;remaining time&#8221; isn't really the\n       time the song will continue to play. <span class='nobr'>It's the time<\/span> the song would\n       continue to play where the stop-playing-early option not used. This\n       is inconvenient.\n\n       <\/p><\/li><li>\n              \n       <p>\n\n       While playing a song, the &#8220;menu&#8221; key brings you up to\n       the song list, but it doesn't show you where in the list you\n       currently are, but the top song on the list. This is retarded, at\n       best.\n\n       <\/p><\/li><li><p>\n\n       I would find it convenient if some of the per-song options were\n       actually <i>per-song, per-playlist<\/i>. For example, when using <span class='nobr'>a\n       song<\/span> in one of my gym playlists, <span class='nobr'>I trim off<\/span> any slow intros or exits\n       (as per the first bullet above), but <span class='nobr'>I want<\/span> that trimming only when\n       hearing the song in the gym-related playlist. <span class='nobr'>I'd also like<\/span> the song\n       volume adjustment to be this way.\n\n       <\/p><\/li>\n       <li><p>\n\n       It'd be nice if I could specify an alternative name or title string\n       to show up in the display during playback. <span class='nobr'>For songs<\/span> in my gym\n       playlist, <span class='nobr'>I'd like to<\/span> show the beats-per-minute of the song, but <span class='nobr'>I\n       wouldn't<\/span> want to see it when playing via other playlists.\n\n       <\/p><\/li><li><p>\n\n       There are some playlists for which <span class='nobr'>I always<\/span> want the play order to\n       be unchanged (my gym playlists, and ones dealing with classical\n       music), and others <span class='nobr'>I want<\/span> the play order to always be random\n       (anything else). <span class='nobr'>I really<\/span> wish <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> set the\n       &#8220;randomize&#8221; feature on <span class='nobr'>a per<\/span>-playlist basis.\n\n       <\/p><\/li><li><p>\n\n       When I go to the list of podcasts and select the first one to play,\n       why doesn't it continue with the second one once the first one is\n       done? <span class='nobr'>Why is the<\/span> podcast list the only list that doesn't\n       &#8220;auto-continue&#8221;? <span class='nobr'>It's frustrating<\/span> enough that <span class='nobr'>I stopped<\/span>\n       listing to podcasts.\n\n       <\/p><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\nApple, your attention to these issues for the next software upgrade would be most appreciated.\nThanks.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> So after losing my old 60-gig 4th-generation iPod at a hotel in Malaysia <b>)-:<\/b> I got home and ordered a new one, a 60-gig 5th-generation iPod. The new one is thinner than the old one, can play videos, and is black. <\/p><p> I use it mostly at the gym, but also in the car and sometimes out and about or at home. I like it a lot. I'm not one of those rabid Apple fans, or, perhaps, even an Apple fan at all, but I must admit that Apple does a very good job of keeping things simple and [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}