I noticed today that the context menu in iTunes has grown astonishingly large.  I have a theory that, because context menus are invisible 99% of the time, no one argues when people add to them.  As a result, context menus tend to grow over time, resulting in the software equivalent of tree rings—the longer the software has been around, the more options appear on the menu.  A context menu with 19 items spanning 7 divisions (with 4 sub-menus available to boot) is anything but streamlined.  Bottom line: this tells me that iTunes is overdue for an overhaul. Great opportunity here for a photo reply.  Would love to see shots of the worst context menu offenses you’ve seen.

I noticed today that the context menu in iTunes has grown astonishingly large.  I have a theory that, because context menus are invisible 99% of the time, no one argues when people add to them.  As a result, context menus tend to grow over time, resulting in the software equivalent of tree rings—the longer the software has been around, the more options appear on the menu.  A context menu with 19 items spanning 7 divisions (with 4 sub-menus available to boot) is anything but streamlined.  Bottom line: this tells me that iTunes is overdue for an overhaul.

Great opportunity here for a photo reply.  Would love to see shots of the worst context menu offenses you’ve seen.

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