Canadian iTunes Music Store Launched
Well, I’m currently downloading 31 tracks from Apple’s freshly-launched iTunes Music Store (Canadian edition). The verdict? Well, given Apple’s reputation for careful attention to user interface design (witness the iPod), I’m surprised at how long it took me to find the shopping cart…
Yes, it’s easy to add things to your cart, but you have to think to open the “twisty” — the little triangle next to the “Music Store” entry in the “Source” pane — to reveal the Shopping Cart. I’m no fan of hiding crucial interface elements like that. Presumably this is either because they a) would rather I used 1-Click to avoid the shopping cart entirely (thereby encouraging impulse buys) or b) they didn’t want to mar iTunes’ perfect appearance with a more prominent “Shopping Cart” button.
