Turn off cover flow?

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Turn off cover flow?

I am considering buying a Touch, but am concerned that I am going to be unhappy with the cover flow feature. I am never going to use it as I don't think I've ever sorted by album on my ipod or on itunes. I tend to use playlists or end up randomizing songs more than anything. Because of how I use my ipod, it will be in different positions quite a bit which will cause the cover flow to engage. Since I don't typically look at my ipod when switching songs, changing volume, etc. this could become a problem for me. Is there, or is there going to be, a way to disable the cover flow?

If anyone has a definitive answer on this, either yes or no, I'd appreciate it. If I'm going to buy one it will be in the next week as I have a trip coming up that I'd want to take this on.

Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Nov 25, 2007 2:52 PM

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jr20079

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Nov 25, 2007 3:00 PM in response to fsjking

There is no way to disable cover flow and we don't know if this feature will be added

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Kwopau

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Nov 25, 2007 4:24 PM in response to fsjking

as of now there is no way to turn off the cover flow. the only way to prevent this is to not make your ipod touch be in horizonally, another option is just put the ipod touch in sleep mode while you listen to your music.

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fsjking Author

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Nov 25, 2007 5:19 PM in response to jr20079

That's what I was afraid of. I guess I'll pass on the touch.

Thanks for the reply.

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fsjking Author

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Nov 25, 2007 5:29 PM in response to Kwopau

The best I can tell, there wouldn't be much difference in putting it in sleep mode and letting it go into cover flow in this case. Either way I have to do something to be able to change tracks, change volume, etc. I was looking for a way to be able to do that stuff without unlocking, making sure the ipod was in vertical orientation, etc.

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Kwopau

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Nov 25, 2007 6:46 PM in response to fsjking

well if you double click on the Home button while it's in lock mode you can change tracks, and change the volume without having to unlock it all the time.

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fsjking Author

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Nov 25, 2007 8:22 PM in response to Kwopau

So you are saying when it's in lock mode and you double click the button you don't have to do the finger swipe unlock thing? It'll bring up the volume/track control up anyway? If so, would that also work while its in cover flow mode? If so, I could just double click the button first regardless the orientation and would have access to the stuff I'd need anyway. That very well might work.

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jr20079

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Nov 25, 2007 8:27 PM in response to fsjking

Yes it works

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Answer 8

Nov 26, 2007 9:36 AM in response to Kwopau

Whoa, ive had mine for almost 2 months now, and i had no idea u could control the song playin without unlockin. THNX!!

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Answer 9

Nov 26, 2007 3:04 PM in response to eman81000

Did you not read the manual?

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