Confusing iTunes Dialog

So I just got around to upgrading to iTunes 4.7, and was presented with this dialog at startup:
                                                                  
iTunes dialog


Yuck! Was this put together at 4:54 on Friday by a Windows programmer?  :)

First off, "Your system is running firewall software..." makes me feel like like I'm running Windows. It's Mac OS X and it's the firewall that comes with the operating system.

And most people don't know what a port is or why it has numbers. Wording things in this way causes eyes to glaze over. Even worse, the dialog tells the user to change the firewall to "allow communication on port 3689.". Most people don't know how to do that.

There also some weird spacing in the dialog which make the whole thing more unappealing.

Here's how it should look:

Improved iTunes dialog
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Confusing iTunes Dialog
Posted Nov 12, 2004 — 2 comments below




 

scott — Nov 23, 04 24

test

nick — Dec 19, 04 44

I got the same port 3689 firewall error message. I liked the way your message reworded it. Unfortunately, I'm not exactly sure how to make those changes to my system configuration. Can you point me in the right direction?
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