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		farnsworth on July 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why isn't iTunes shuffle random? Yes, but you still need to be able to "unshuffle", so they kept it as a toggle. not the most natural ui, but it works.

dllthomas on July 28, 2012 [–]

"unshuffle" is a sort action

farnsworth on July 28, 2012 | [–]

For a playlist, it's "sort by the original arbitrary order that the user put it in" so you can't rely on the usual sort methods - e.g. clicking the column header.

dllthomas on July 28, 2012 | | [–]

Right, but it's still an action - "put it in some specific order"

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