The all new: iTunes 5

U-G-L-Y

I'm unintalling iTunes 5.0 and putting 4.9 back.

Wow, you guys need to get out of the dark ages. You all sound like old school Mac nerds that still live in OS9, in other words, if it ain't broke don't fix it.
iTunes has looked the same old way since it was born back in the OS9 days. It's been around long before people began downloading and filesharing music.

It's time to modernize it's look, I'm surprised Apple waited this long. The old brushed metal look while nice is getting to look old now.
You say it looks a bit Windows like?? NOT!! If you've ever noticed on all the pro apps the interface is all smooth type of grey metal look.

That being said not only are the new features quite inviting, the new look is very clean and fresh with a smooth look that gives it a pro-sumer look.

Ok, other than the change in appearance, and the slightly moved volume slider, I'm not really sure what changes have been made? I read about child control, and smarter party shuffle, and a faster/better search, but don't see what is different about them.

I'm having the same problem with my iPod! I hope there is a fix soon!!!

Replying (finally) to Robert Toombs' post from Sept 8... Robert, thanks for your reply... yeah, I know I can shuffle play albums... I was hoping for a way to populate a smart playlist with a randomly selected group of *complete albums*...

iTunes is song-centric. I prefer to listen to music in complete albums, that's all, and I don't want to manage my iPod manually to get there...

thanks again!