Instinctiv: one more alternative to iTunes

iTunes is still the main player in adherents Mac OS X, but increasingly began to meet users of alternative players. And increasingly began to meet other players - Ecoute, Instinctiv... On Instinctiv today and will be discussed.

Instinctiv - is a small player iTunes-library, which does not support a number of features present in the iTunes, and even so he has to much to the taste. In Instinctiv has a synchronization device file without a bullseye on the body - this is perhaps its main advantage over iTunes.

There Instinctiv and support for social networks: directly from the program window, you can send the name of the currently playing song on Facebook or Twitter. Scrobbling tracks to Last.fm, of course, is also present - this is no surprise.

In addition, there is an interesting section Instinctiv Tickets (ie tickets), where you can see upcoming concerts performers present in your iTunes-library. This is quite handy if you're a fan of live performances, which reads "Bill".

However, at this end of the program advantages. The player interface is designed in the style of Twitter client Tweetie, but it can not be considered a good idea. Like Tweetie, on the left side of the window are the main topics: search, library, mixing tracks mode, synchronization with other devices, and said, "Tickets." Navigation becomes quite difficult to go to the desired track is required not just one or two mouse clicks.

Performance Instinctiv also wants the best. The program works quickly, but in the best case consumes 70% of CPU resources - and it is in standby mode! However, the developers say that the problem is people are pursuing only the first few hours until the program downloads obozhki in the album. Of course, this is not the final version of the program, and such flaws can be forgiven, but after two updates, the situation has not changed.

Hopefully, Instinctiv over time will evolve in the right direction, gradually improving the design and performance. If all the same will be, on Mac OS X will be another interesting and free player. Now it's more just an ambitious project, which was interesting to watch.

Download Instinctiv can be official site programs. In the future, there should appear a version for mobile platforms, iOS starting and ending Blackberry.