Comments on: Legendary Mac Usability http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2009/09/07/legendary-mac-usability/ Technology and Geek Stuff by Eric Burke Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:37:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: OJ http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2009/09/07/legendary-mac-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-47268 OJ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:22:43 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-47268 A more accurate service won't be full solution. Since the CD identification is essentially a checksum*, there will be collisions. Even if you don't want to select between different entries for the Beatles album, you probably want to choose between it and David Hasselhoff's Greatest Hits. * A bad checksum, probably. If it was any good, I would not have seen the collisions. A more accurate service won’t be full solution. Since the CD identification is essentially a checksum*, there will be collisions. Even if you don’t want to select between different entries for the Beatles album, you probably want to choose between it and David Hasselhoff’s Greatest Hits.

* A bad checksum, probably. If it was any good, I would not have seen the collisions.

]]> By: Jay http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2009/09/07/legendary-mac-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-47201 Jay Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:20:31 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-47201 you do understand that data is not from apple but from the legendarily inaccurate gracenote right? CD names are calculated by the exact number of tracks and track lengths - my favorite are classic CDs - often duplicate names. Also, the data isn't vetted - so what would you rather, show the wrong one or give you a choice? Now if you want to gripe because you can't see which one has the wrong spelling of Eleanor Rigby on it, that I can almost see... Anyway, if you have an alternative more accurate service, file a bug with Apple, maybe they'll use it... you do understand that data is not from apple but from the legendarily inaccurate gracenote right? CD names are calculated by the exact number of tracks and track lengths – my favorite are classic CDs – often duplicate names. Also, the data isn’t vetted – so what would you rather, show the wrong one or give you a choice? Now if you want to gripe because you can’t see which one has the wrong spelling of Eleanor Rigby on it, that I can almost see…

Anyway, if you have an alternative more accurate service, file a bug with Apple, maybe they’ll use it…

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