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User Interface Changes

There are some minor changes to the QuickTime Player user interface that are introduced in QuickTime 6, as discussed in this section. These include the following:

• The Channel button (below) that was marked “TV” in previous versions of QuickTime is now marked with a “Q”.

• The Hot Picks movie and the Channel pane have a new layout (below), with channel categories on the left and a movie on the right. The list of channel categories is now dynamic.

• The Favorites pane is no longer an alternate for the Channel pane. It is now a stand-alone panel (shown below). Instead of icons, favorite movies are shown as a list of file names or URLs.

• The Favorites panel can be accessed only from the Favorites menu. There is no longer a heart icon to switch between Channels and Favorites. Both can now be displayed simultaneously if the user wishes.

• There is a new menu item in QuickTime Player. Under File, there is now an Open Recent > selection, with a submenu of the last 10 movies.

These changes should not affect programmers working with QuickTime at the API level.

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