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iTunes 8 UX genius login problem

Started by Jure Cuhalev · 9 months ago

Trying a latest software update is something that every true Apple user does in the morning after the big Apple announcement. So this time it was iTunes 8 with it’s genius button that automatically makes great connected playlist.
For some reason I was sleepy enough to actually fail at ... Continue reading »

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  • Donald Kelly

    10 months ago

    This *might* just make a bit of sense to a UX Designer at two int he morning. Radio buttons next to the service login you'd like to use, but the error message is pretty strange, I'm sure iTunes has a Password Missing / Email Missing variable which would allow for a specific error message.
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  • Jure Cuhalev

    10 months ago

    I agree. It's actually pretty surprising how hard is to correctly perceive this form if you're multi-tasking.
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  • Hanford

    9 months ago

    I ran into the exact same problem. Looks like others did too. You can't ever blame the user for "not getting it". This is Apple's fault.

    http://blog.hanfordlemoore.com/2008/09/09/itune...
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  • Laura

    9 months ago

    Ah ha! I did the same thing too. Design revision is in order.
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  • mbrown50

    1 month ago

    Wow. Thanks. I'm not even sleepy, and wondered why they just wanted a ID.

    Thought the pw would be the next screen, but I kept failing.
    Can't believe how bad this is!
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