Filed under: Audio, Fun, Macintosh, Freeware
CoverFlow - Browse Your Music Visually
by Jason Clarke Feb 13th 2006 at 11:00AM
The act of browsing digital music is simply missing something these days. Our minds work in a visual way, and
scrolling through lists of text-based information is simply lacking a visceral experience. Mac users have an option, though, and it's called CoverFlow.
CoverFlow puts your albums into stacks that you can browse through quickly, and get an immediate sense of whether you'd
like to listen to a given album based on the cover art for it. The experience is very slick - it reminds me quite a bit
of Front Row. It really must be seen to be understood. Luckily, there's a video of how it works right on CoverFlow's
front page.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Scott said 3:26PM on 2-13-2006
You cant judge a book by it's cover ey?
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Thomas said 7:50PM on 2-13-2006
CoverFlow is awesome! Very handy and very cool.
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imtoomuch said 11:49PM on 2-13-2006
This app looks awesome. I'd love it for Windows XP. Somebody PLEASE port this to Windows XP. I promise to compensate you when I win the Lottery! :D
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