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iPod doesn't show podcast information until it's played

posted by root on 2006-03-25 19:43:45

Ah, podcasts. Podcasts are great - fresh content every day on a variety of topics. The iPod, though, doesn't let you browse through the variety to pick something to listen to. Many podcasts have a summary of each episode, sometimes it's quite detailed. Daily shows often pile up, especially something like NPR's Most Emailed Stories - each episode is around 30 minutes long, and contains stories on a variety of topics. Each story is descibred in the episode summary, but in order to see it on the iPod, you have to start playing the show - then you can navigate to the "Lyrics" screen and read the summary. Often you're interested in maybe two stories out of everything included in the episode, and this brokie makes is quite annoying to pick something interesting to listen to.
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Interface changes needed

Solution by root on 2006-03-26 00:43:45

Looks like Apple simply used the "Lyrics" screen to display podcast summary information, and that doesn't work all that well. There needs to be some sort of a "right-click menu" action on the iPod - perhaps pressing and holding the main button (the one in the middle of the wheel). That menu would allow you to, among other things, read an episode summary to pick something you're interested in.
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