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From: The Treehouse + The Cave Add A Tag I'm quite proud to present CoverFlow, an OSX application (currently a Tiger-only technical demo) that allows you to visually browse your iTunes music library. This stunning example of current Apple technologies (OpenGL, Core Image, Cocoa) programmed by the talented Jonathan del Strother of Steel Skies, is largely based on concepts and illustrations that I posted here in December of last year, under the title Dissatisfaction Sows Innovation. A month or two after I wrote about my vision for the visual browsing interface, Jon wrote me wanting to hear my thoughts on his proposed pursuit of an actual implementation. I of course agreed, anxious to see this tool in the hands of other visual thinkers/music lovers. Five months after I gave him the nod, I heard from him again. He had created CoverFlow. Since that first taste, the program has progressed rapidly. It has become everything I had hoped it could be this early in development. It respects my design and vision in a natural way. I'm so happy that, of all the developers out there, the right one had stumbled into the Treehouse. This guy got what I was talking about and could pick up where I left off. CoverFlow is beautiful (video, another video) and is beginning to receive some very kind reviews (The Unofficial Mac Weblog, The Tao of Mac). As nice as the comments are however, I still don't think anyone is seeing the massive change this tool could usher in. Imagine your living room in a year (maybe two): you're likely to have a computer of some sort attached to a flat-panel, high-resolution display (rather than the DVD player/TV combo of today). Now imagine trying to navigate an entire lifetime of music from the couch across the room. You could never read text as you scrolled through it. In that environment CoverFlow would be positioned as the most elegant, intuitive way of navigating audio collections available. I stand by its ease-of-use, and its aesthetic beauty, and am dying to see where this will take me and Jon. Apple, this is one more way into the world's living rooms, one more way to humanize the technical. Drop us a line, we'd love some help spreading the love. Thank you, Jon. Your effort and genius are much appreciated.