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So like most photo software iPhoto allows you to play "slideshows" of your
photos, which is apparently touchy-feely speak for "show my photos in
fullscreen". Most software provides a function to go onto the next photo
after a set period of time. Which is nice I guess. So does iPhoto. But
it doesn't (as far as I can see) allow you to turn this off for an album
and just go to the next picture when you press a button.
Wait just a gosh darn minute here. What the hell is the point in this?
What if I haven't finished talking about my photos yet to the person I'm
showing them to? Of course the computer MUST be right, and I the mere
user should stick to the computer's schedule for showing MY pictures.
Far be it for me to be in control. Because in real life lectures we see
this all the time. The lecturer sits at the front and waits for the
computer to change the slide for him and he talks for exactly the same
length on each slide and is *always* done speaking on one slide after a
set time. Oh wait, I'm talking crap. This is truely insane.
It gets worse. Not only can you not disable the autotransition to the
next picture for an album, but Apple will only let you display the
pictures for up to a minute. For absolutley no apparent reason, Apple has
chosen to force the user to accept an arbitary limit on the length of time
the pictures can be shown. Why? Is there some secret flaw in the apple
hardware that means that if it shows a static image for more than a minute
it bursts into flames? Will a rampaging monkey horde spew from my drive
bay? Will the computer summon a dark lord from the never-regions of hell
and set it on the task of hunting down Steve Jobs' firstborn. I seriously
doubt it.
FFS Apple, I expect better.
Mark.
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