Breaking Guidelines

Apple has once again broken its own design interface guidelines, this time in iTunes 10. The red, yellow and green resize buttons are presented vertically, instead of horizontally (as they have been for ten years now).



After becoming accustomed to the location of the buttons over the past decade, it was quite jarring to have to actually think about the location of the button I wanted to click. If you recall, Apple changed the expected functionality of these buttons on their last version of iTunes as well, only to change it back after public outcry.

Geez, Apple. Come on, already... Don't just change user interface elements that are system-wide in one app on a whim.