Have you ever wanted to spin into a black hole of music oblivion? We all have. And it looks like that dream may finally become a reality. The Apple obsessives at Patently Apple have excavated some hidden treasure from Steve Jobs’ private wing at the patent office: a new spiral-theme interface for iTunes.
Patently is concluding that this new spiral interface will be a replacement for the standard Excel-like content list. But it’s more likely a replacement (or option) for the traditional “Cover View” that presents your content as a parade of cover art marching through the abyss. I can’t imagine Apple ever completely replacing the utilitarian “List View”–we don’t all need so much jazzamatazz in our interfaces.
This spiral UI hints at some interesting discovery aspects. It seems you can “spiral in” on particular artists or genres and even music of specific geographic locations. Crazy!
The patent makes note that this will be for iPods and iPhones, but it will likely be available, in some form, for the whole iFamilia. Look for it in a future iTunes update.
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