iTunes Becomes More Web-Based
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Apple has slowly been moving its popular application iTunes to the web. After Apple’s acquisition of Lala, a streaming music service, some analysts expected this would happen.
On February 4, Apple introduced a new feature that allows users to preview App Store applications in web browser. Instead of launching iTunes every time to see application details, now a preview page is shown, though the dialogue window asking whether to launch iTunes or not still appears.
Apple’s slow conversion of iTunes to a more web-based service will be good for users with large iTunes libraries. iTunes is a good application, but it can be quite cumbersome to launch for users with lots of media.
Apple first started making iTunes more web-based in November 2009, when it launched iTunes Preview, a way for users to view music in their browsers. Then, in the beginning of this year, Apple added the ability to preview music within a browser.
There has been speculation that Apple will eventually have a completely web-based iTunes—an iTunes.com—which will add to iTunes’ appeal.
Via The Independent, image via Apple.
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