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Monday, February 20, 2006

Half Star Ratings in iTunes

Adding half star ratings
Andrew Escobar's blog shows you how to add 1/2 stars to iTunes ratings. There is no direct way to do this in iTunes, but it is supported through some AppleScripts. I welcome the feature - some songs are not quite 5's, but more than a 4.

1 comment:

2poppy said...

Very cool. This would be a good feature. I think I would use 3.5 more than 4.5. It would be interesting to know how much the ratings are used by average iTunes users. Here's my system:

1 Star: To be deleted (or fixed if there's a technical problem)
2 Stars: Below average and a deletion candidate (unless it might spoil the integrity of an album - e.g. Does She Talk by Matthew Sweet is a 2 star song, but to take it away would spoil Girlfriend as an album)
3 Stars: Average, which means I like it but don't quite love it (yet)
4 Stars: Love it, but not quite a classic
5 Stars: Classic (I almost would never advance through a 5-star song)

For what it's worth.