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Five things the next iTunes version needs to have

by Harold Martin
Jun. 17, 2004

1. Duplicate Searching

This would be extremely helpful to those of us who have a lot of compilation and sample albums.

2. Multi-Artist Listing

I have many tracks by more than one artist. I would like a track with "Artist 1 & Artist 2" in the Artist ID3 field to show under both Artist 1 and Artist 2.

3. Playlist Folders

This would allow all related playlists (Soft Rock, Metal Rock, etc.) to be put in a single folder (Rock).

4. DJ'ing Capability

Cueing, mixing, fading. I'd love to see Apple implement this Apple style.

5. Alarm Clock

Yes, there are ways to do this now. But none of them are as easy as it would be if implemented natively.

Harold Martin is a freelance software developer and author. Visit him at his blog.