this mock-up adding Cover Flow to Safari is kind of interesting, and i’m way into Cover Flow’s implementation in the Finder.
the problem with the current desktop-based Cover Flow, however, is that the only two ways to navigate it are 1) finding the scrollbar, which is black-on-black (hence nearly invisible) and dragging at lightspeed through your library, or 2) clicking an album currently visible on the sides and having it jump to the center spot. SmartScroll X is a plug-in for Safari which allows grab-and-drag navigation that is intuitive and highly usable. and the flavor of Cover Flow implemented in the iPhone allows a more tactile and SmartScroll-style grab-and-drag.
i would think that as Apple updates Cover Flow for the OS and later versions of iTunes, grab-and-drag functionality will find its way in, making the environment exponentially more friendly, effective, and adoptable by those who have previously thought of it as mere eye-candy.
