From the department of redundancy department
By Eddie Lopez. Tuesday, 20. March 2007, 12:08:43
Colonel Sandurz: You're looking at new sir. Everything that happened most recently, is happening now.
Dark Helmet: What happened to most recently?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed recently.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We're at new, now.
I give Apple points for trying, but what exactly is "most recent new" as compared to just "most recent" in regards to syncing podcasts? It's newer than most recent!
Honestly, I'm not really sure from looking at this option what "most recent new" means. I'm eager to undock my ipod and find out, but wording of the option is unclear and appears to be a hasty addition to compensate for a lack of flexibility in managing podcasts.
I think they should take the time to do podcast management correctly instead of continually applying band-aids to the existing interface. If you've read the other itunes/podcast posts, hopefully you'll agree that a blanket download policy that applies to all podcasts is the wrong way to go, regardless of the flexibility. Either each podcast should be allowed to be synced based on it's own rules, or better yet- allow the user to create a "smart playlist" -such that any podcast included within it follows the sync options for the playlist. Just to recap, here's a quick look at the evolution of this feature for as long as I've been paying attention (I don't have the version numbers handy)... queue the nostalgic "montage" music, maestro: My oldest screencap:
WIDGETIZE
scrypton # 22. March 2007, 03:05
Also, what if I want 6 from one playlist, and only 2 on another playlist?
I think iTunes is still a joke. It will take decades before they'd learn from their mistakes.
Eddie Lopez # 22. March 2007, 03:15
Agreed. As I've mentioned many times over in the (older) posts I linked to- you can't apply a "one size fits all" policy to podcasts. It's just too shortsighted to do so.
Anonymous # 8. May 2007, 10:49
Does anyone know what exactly "most recent new" does? You are 100% on target with critique of iTunes' podcast management!
Eddie Lopez # 8. May 2007, 12:28
Anonymous # 23. September 2007, 03:55
It simply means the most recent podcast in terms of chronological time. For example, if your podcasting 3 differing things that all come out on Sept. 7 and you want all three, select 'most recent'. If you want them by time of release (one posted at 9am, one posted at 11am and the last at 3pm, the 3pm one would get to you first). Hence, most recent new. Some shows put up two hours of podcasts (i.e.- Way of the Master Radio - http://www.wayofthemasterradio.com ).