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Weblog:   Sofa + iTunes = Lazy man's album covers!
Subject:   I use Sofa and Synergy
Date:   2004-01-28 12:01:13
From:   r_miller
Surely you read the O'Reilly blogs about iTunes artwork from a few days ago, which it looks like you did from reading this. I suggested that using Sofa and Synergy together is a good tandem. I agree that Sofa has a ways to go. On my machine it freezes occasionally and also causes some problems with the iTunes program. Synergy was recommended by several people in the aforementioned article. Anyway, I think that using Sofa and Synergy together you could "almost" do away with the iTunes interface. Both programs need a little work, with Sofa needing a few more revisions before it is Synergy's equal.
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  • Russell Miles photo I use Sofa and Synergy
    2004-01-28 12:29:18  Russell Miles | O'Reilly AuthorO'Reilly Blogger [Reply | View]

    I agree, Synergy seems like a much more robust piece of software after a bit of playing with. And I completely agree that using both Synergy and Sofa together would be a formidable interface once the bugs are ironed out. I'm certainly all for variety on the user interface front for any app.


    I guess the point of this weblog was that I'm looking for the lazy solution. Maybe I should be a little more clear about what I mean by that. The point was that I don't need different interfaces to iTunes, I'm happy with iTunes the way it is to be honest. I don't need artwork displayed on the desktop or a cool interface that shows things off in a new way, although both of those things are pretty cool as well. What I enjoyed was the 'lazy' approach to just adding artwork to iTunes with the least possible effort. That's what seemed to be the crux of the previous blog on the subject and that's what Sofa got me (albeit a little buggy for the time being).


    At the moment Synergy is experiencing some pretty unfair troubles with Amazon concerning it's means of access to artwork, but once those are solved then I'm sure it will more than likely offer the right mix of functionality (just give me the artiwork would be good enough) and robustness (please don't hang my machine again).


    As to the software apps eventually being equals, the diversity is fine by me, but really I'm happy with everything else iTunes. I just want the artwork as easily as possible for the collection of music I have already bought.

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