Comments on: Apple: still don’t know how to use “The InterNet … thingy” http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/07/28/apple-still-dont-know-how-to-use-the-internet-thingy/ Internet Gaming, Computer Games, Technology, MMO, and Web 2.0 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kevin Gadd http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/07/28/apple-still-dont-know-how-to-use-the-internet-thingy/comment-page-1/#comment-3044 Kevin Gadd Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:16:31 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=621#comment-3044 Even if iTunes did have reliable, working resumable downloads, it's still insane to require the user to download updates by leaving iTunes open when they could just use a browser or download manager. It's introducing an extra layer of complexity and possible point of failure where none is necessary - nobody gets any benefit out of it, not even Apple (since it frustrates their customers, resulting in posts like this one.) Self-destructive design at its best. Even if iTunes did have reliable, working resumable downloads, it’s still insane to require the user to download updates by leaving iTunes open when they could just use a browser or download manager. It’s introducing an extra layer of complexity and possible point of failure where none is necessary – nobody gets any benefit out of it, not even Apple (since it frustrates their customers, resulting in posts like this one.)

Self-destructive design at its best.

]]> By: adam http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/07/28/apple-still-dont-know-how-to-use-the-internet-thingy/comment-page-1/#comment-3038 adam Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:04:10 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=621#comment-3038 I only knock it because I love it ;). (but the quoted http packet is genuine - direct copy/paste, no faking - promise!) I only knock it because I love it ;).

(but the quoted http packet is genuine – direct copy/paste, no faking – promise!)

]]> By: Matthew Kanwisher http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/07/28/apple-still-dont-know-how-to-use-the-internet-thingy/comment-page-1/#comment-3036 Matthew Kanwisher Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:49:27 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=621#comment-3036 Itunes has resumable downloads. Your blog was good until you started all this apple bashing. Stop doing iphone development. Its clear you just want to complain. Itunes has resumable downloads. Your blog was good until you started all this apple bashing. Stop doing iphone development. Its clear you just want to complain.

]]> By: Peter http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/07/28/apple-still-dont-know-how-to-use-the-internet-thingy/comment-page-1/#comment-3035 Peter Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:45:46 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=621#comment-3035 I know for a fact that iTunes can and will resume an aborted download if the server is capable of doing so. I've experienced it a few times when I lost wifi. It might well be an issue of Akamai (edgesuite) and since Apple knows this they don't bother including it in the header. That doesn't excuse the locking into iTunes, but at least they're providing good defaults and relieving the user from knowing which of the many firmware packages to download. With Microsoft you would probably just have been lead to a download page where you have to select your model number and size and then run the genuine advantage activex control, then getting a file that you have to copy to the device that shows up when connecting the music player and finally holding down two buttons to reset it only to find out that you downloaded the wrong file accidentally and now your player is bricked.... that's my experience with Microsoft :) I know for a fact that iTunes can and will resume an aborted download if the server is capable of doing so. I’ve experienced it a few times when I lost wifi. It might well be an issue of Akamai (edgesuite) and since Apple knows this they don’t bother including it in the header. That doesn’t excuse the locking into iTunes, but at least they’re providing good defaults and relieving the user from knowing which of the many firmware packages to download. With Microsoft you would probably just have been lead to a download page where you have to select your model number and size and then run the genuine advantage activex control, then getting a file that you have to copy to the device that shows up when connecting the music player and finally holding down two buttons to reset it only to find out that you downloaded the wrong file accidentally and now your player is bricked…. that’s my experience with Microsoft :)

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