Tuesday, June 28, 2005

The iTunes Question Question: Do you know Userland's production schedule and timeframe to support iTunes tags in the Userland application? Answer: Not yet. Since the extensions were just released and there appears to be a fair amount of controversy around them - its a bit of a loaded question. ;-) Anyway, its great to have Apple on-board, but unlike Microsoft's announcement at Gnomedex, Apple's extensions don't appear to have the same level of buy-in from the community at present. Maybe they don't care. If they do, it could get there, but changes may be necessary and prudent on their part. As with all specs, this could affect how quickly the extensions are adopted by us and everyone else. It feels like a trial balloon. Participation in iTunes does not currently require these extensions, but a quick flip of the switch could change that, freeze the extensions, and make them mandatory. That hasn't happened yet. Let's hope they listen to the comments. 4:18:14 PM    comment []

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