QuickTime 4.0 Interface Questioned

Isys Information Architects Inc., a company which “specializes in the design and development of robust, highly usable information systems,” particularly in relation to intuitiveness and ease of use, recently reviewed Apple’s new QuickTime 4.0 interface. The review placed QuickTime 4.0 on their Wall of Shame, citing the favorites panel which lacks filenames, windows which often waste a lot of desktop space and lack window bars (for window shading, for instance), and general tendencies away from Apple’s standard interface structure.