Marcin Wichary on the original iPod easter egg on Apple Music’s website 404 page:
I am usually not a fan of easter eggs — most of them are poorly made — but this might be the best iPod recreation I’ve seen, and it’s an interesting thing to study:
- I think it generally covers all the modes etc.
- (with small exceptions) the typography looks accurate,
- it has the little “haptic” beeps,
- it has proper acceleration and the scrollbar,
- it has a little music library with various playlists,
- I have only noticed a few small bugs.
It looks real, sounds real, feels real. Don’t bother with your easter egg idea if you’re going to half-ass it.
Update: The original iPod itself had a great easter egg: a hidden version of the classic game Breakout. Apple’s new easter egg web-page iPod includes the hardware iPod easter egg. Just go to Settings → About and hold down the center button for 5 seconds. An easter egg in the easter egg. That’s how you do it.
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