Spotify vs iTunes Initial Impressions Followup

As a quick addendum to the unsolicited opinion piece I just posted, I remembered one other thing.  Well, a few things, but all related to:

Spotify’s Interface

Not a huge fan of having the current-playing information in the bottom of the window.  Really reminds me of Windows start bar.  People read top-down, left-right (at least in the West, no offense to the right-to-lefters), so this positioning isn’t ideal for orienting something that should be anchor information.

The icon is hideous.  Cmon guys, millions in seed money and you spend 5 minutes on something everyone sees all day long?

Also not a fan of using what seems to be 10+ font weights, styles, and sizes in various purposes.  It makes for a pretty hacky feel to the whole thing.

I’d love some sorting options on the People list/sidebar.  

And finally, I just have a very vague sense of where I am within the software.  Perhaps a drilldown or breadcrumb system, I’m not sure.  I feel like I can get lost easily, and solving that with a back button doesn’t really give me a sense of context.