So…Apple. The headphone debate rages on and so far there hasn’t been many fanboys speaking up defending the proprietary headphone system. But also lets not forget that the new shuffle employes controls confusing enough that it warrants a large chart (after the jump) to explain simple playback controls. Sometimes change is hard, but is often a gateway to a better process. Other times that’s not the case.
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Matt Burns
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March 11, 2009
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well, at least you do not need to use the proprietary headphone if you do not want to.
I’m an Apple fanboy and I think the Shuffle and it’s headphones suck.
I thought apple’s whole thing was user experience, how does any of this come off as intuitive or an easy experience.
This is terrible. If you want to go to the previous track you have to triple click twice. This is easier than providing a back button how?
I’m going to need to start exercising my thumb, just in case I need to move forward several songs at once! Seriously, Apple, if you can squeeze all the controls onto the cord of the headphones, you can duplicate them on the ominously blank face of your player.
How about instead of having the smallest mp3 player ever, you design the second smallest with controls.