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"The remote is based on the interface of the iPod shuffle which has six buttons and demonstrates the simplicity portrayed by the design of all Apple products, compared to the 40 buttons of a Windows Media Center remote."
The wording presents a bias against MCE of unneeded complexity. In addition, there's no reason to compare the remote for Front Row to the MCE remote. For one, this article is about Front Row not MCE. Secondly, the MCE remote is designed for a system that does more than Front Row (i.e. channel changer - that's 10 buttons right there). In short, the comparison does not belong in the article, nor is it balanced. Paul Cyr 05:09, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
So are we in agreement that the comparison of buttons between Front Row and MediaCenter is OK -- as long as it is phrased in a way that implies that neither remote is inherintely superior? -- Quasipalm 18:11, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I just noticed that about half of the links coming to Front Row are actually about the BBC Radio 4 arts programme, rather than the Macintosh application. Clearly we need some disambiguation, but I have no idea what the best way to do it is — should the application remain at Front Row with the radio programme moved to Front Row (radio), or should Front Row become a disambiguation page with the application moved to Front Row (Macintosh) or something? — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 17:19, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
This page should actually be titled "Front_Row_(Software)" or similar in keeping with Wikipedias current naming scheme when a name has multiple meanings. This page "Front_Row" should be the main disambiguation page"
Should wikipedia post a link to the Front Row Enabler, which is an illegal download and violates Apple's copyrights and terms of use? Alegoo92 16:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Is this a reasonable page to ask about setting up to boot the mac directly into Front Row, if it's supposed to be a media centre, rather than a computer with aspirations? Ta.
Though I agree that the version of Front Row under leopard should be 2.0, the application itself claims it to be version 1.0. Should we keep 2.0 or change it to be inline with Apple's versioning? — Obeattie 07:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
"As of OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Front Row is a standalone application. This means that codecs installed to Quicktime will not work in front row. So even if you have the divx codec installed, Front Row will not play DivX movies "
Not true.. It's playing divx's just fine if you've got the right codecs installed. i.e. Perian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.109.121 ( talk) 11:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
The second symbol in the keyboard combination given for starting front row is the symbol for the power button. Perhaps this was meant to be humorous.
FrontRow 1 was just a controller for iTunes, entering or exiting didn't stop the music that was from playing, making possible to the user step away and control iTunes with the remote keeping the playlist and music and when he got back he could just exit FrontRow and keep listening. A good example is a user using FrontRow not finding the song he wants, he can exit FrontRow, do a search in iTunes, start to play the song and get back in FrontRow, still listening to the song. In Leopard, with FrontRow 2 this is impossible because it's independent from iTunes, pausing it when the user activates FrontRow, and stopping the music that the user was listening to in, when exiting the app. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.193.227.10 ( talk) 23:27, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
It seems to me that iTunes rentals, meaning a movie you rented in iTunes, do not show up in the front row interface for some reason. I've seen this reported by others as well. Perhaps this should be added to the article, since it is a significant functional problem with front row. Mrsteveman1 ( talk) 19:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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"The remote is based on the interface of the iPod shuffle which has six buttons and demonstrates the simplicity portrayed by the design of all Apple products, compared to the 40 buttons of a Windows Media Center remote."
The wording presents a bias against MCE of unneeded complexity. In addition, there's no reason to compare the remote for Front Row to the MCE remote. For one, this article is about Front Row not MCE. Secondly, the MCE remote is designed for a system that does more than Front Row (i.e. channel changer - that's 10 buttons right there). In short, the comparison does not belong in the article, nor is it balanced. Paul Cyr 05:09, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
So are we in agreement that the comparison of buttons between Front Row and MediaCenter is OK -- as long as it is phrased in a way that implies that neither remote is inherintely superior? -- Quasipalm 18:11, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I just noticed that about half of the links coming to Front Row are actually about the BBC Radio 4 arts programme, rather than the Macintosh application. Clearly we need some disambiguation, but I have no idea what the best way to do it is — should the application remain at Front Row with the radio programme moved to Front Row (radio), or should Front Row become a disambiguation page with the application moved to Front Row (Macintosh) or something? — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 17:19, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
This page should actually be titled "Front_Row_(Software)" or similar in keeping with Wikipedias current naming scheme when a name has multiple meanings. This page "Front_Row" should be the main disambiguation page"
Should wikipedia post a link to the Front Row Enabler, which is an illegal download and violates Apple's copyrights and terms of use? Alegoo92 16:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Is this a reasonable page to ask about setting up to boot the mac directly into Front Row, if it's supposed to be a media centre, rather than a computer with aspirations? Ta.
Though I agree that the version of Front Row under leopard should be 2.0, the application itself claims it to be version 1.0. Should we keep 2.0 or change it to be inline with Apple's versioning? — Obeattie 07:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
"As of OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Front Row is a standalone application. This means that codecs installed to Quicktime will not work in front row. So even if you have the divx codec installed, Front Row will not play DivX movies "
Not true.. It's playing divx's just fine if you've got the right codecs installed. i.e. Perian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.109.121 ( talk) 11:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
The second symbol in the keyboard combination given for starting front row is the symbol for the power button. Perhaps this was meant to be humorous.
FrontRow 1 was just a controller for iTunes, entering or exiting didn't stop the music that was from playing, making possible to the user step away and control iTunes with the remote keeping the playlist and music and when he got back he could just exit FrontRow and keep listening. A good example is a user using FrontRow not finding the song he wants, he can exit FrontRow, do a search in iTunes, start to play the song and get back in FrontRow, still listening to the song. In Leopard, with FrontRow 2 this is impossible because it's independent from iTunes, pausing it when the user activates FrontRow, and stopping the music that the user was listening to in, when exiting the app. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.193.227.10 ( talk) 23:27, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
It seems to me that iTunes rentals, meaning a movie you rented in iTunes, do not show up in the front row interface for some reason. I've seen this reported by others as well. Perhaps this should be added to the article, since it is a significant functional problem with front row. Mrsteveman1 ( talk) 19:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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