Firmware 1.0.2 released - fixes Cover Flow album view

Hi folks,
Didn't see this posted yet - just synced my 3G nano and firmware 1.0.2 was available.
Cover Flow is now showing albums exactly as the default album view in iTunes. Hooray!
-Nikhil

The only thing which is now better in coverflow is, that compilations are now hidden, but coverflow still lists up the artists in alphabetical order, not the albums ! Why?
Apple, it can't be so difficult to let coverflow list up albums, _not artists_, in alphabetical order.
Compilations are now listed just once (as they should be), but there's always listed the first artists name of a compilation, instead of "various artists". Of course you can set in every single compilation the first tracks "sorting name" as "various artists", but it can't be so difficult for apple to make that as default, as it works in iTunes.
Please don't notice my terrible english. I'm a little bit upset >:-(
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