New iPod shuffle

I know it's for gym/jogging and to some degree functionaility can be sacrificed for size(or, just for cool).
But at least it's not good for me because of these points:
1. Because of the ultimately simplified controls, I cannot go back or repeat the song I'm listening to.
2. I have to bear Apple's poor quality earbud because the controls are located on the earbud cord.
3. It'd be too slow to play playlist if you have many of them, you have to wait for the voiceover to read all until the very last playlist you wanna play. (quoted from one of my friends)
4. I thought apple would not add a feature that might be helpful but not mature or good enough. However now they did. That is VoiceOver.
5. For those left-handed people, the controls on right earbud cord might be inconvenient.
(of course they can swap left and right, but why do they have to do that?)

What's next?
iPod shuffle, iPod flea, iPod germ, iPod atom, iPod quak, or iPod nothing ?

Recommendation:An website of useful UI principles

http://designinginterfaces.com
this is acomplemental website for the book "Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design"
The principles introduced in this site are simple but important.

3 useful usability glossary

Rachel mentioned some concept of usability in her comment on my last post. When I tried to find out the meaning of those terms I found some good glossary that might be good for study:

• Interaction Design Encyclopaedia
  A growing encyclopaedia on interaction design; the articles not only explain usability terms and issues, but also provide a detailed description of their use in modern design.
  
  
• Usability First Glossary: Alphabetical Index
  One of the largest usability glossaries with hundreds of articles about usability-related issues.
  
  
• Usability Glossary
  Usability 101. Usability Glossary from the Information Technology Systems & Services of the University of Minnesota Duluth.