Podcasts - what's the logic?

To play podcasts on my shuffle, I perform the following steps.
1. Click on Podcasts and Refresh, to get the latest podcasts.
2. Go to a Smart Playlist I have created, which contains all recent unplayed tracks.
3. Highlight all tracks in the smart playlist.
4. Click on command-I to get to the info.
5. Click on the option "Skip when shuffling" and set it to no.
6. Go to the Shuffle device (customized to include recent unplayed tracks) and select automatic update.
With Itunes 8, Apple added a new step:
4b. Click on Options to display the option to set skip when shuffling to "No".
Questions:
1. Why do I have to check the option "skip when shuffling" to "No", when the Shuffle iPod is not set to shuffle?
2. Why are all podcasts set to "Skip when shuffling"?
3. According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1831 the "proper" way to add a podcast to a shuffle is to drag it to the device. Why? Or perhaps better phrased: "Why on earth!"
Are there any tracks that change as frequently as podcasts? Why is any manual intervention at all needed for frequently changed tracks?
I bought my iPod shuffle in the belief that a one button device would be simple. I have not had as many usability problem with any Apple product ever, and I have gone through dozens of their operating systems and machines, including Mac, iPods, Newton, printers...
This post has also been sent to Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodshuffle.html

0Ari0 wrote:
Magnus Lewan wrote:
Why can podcasts and audiobooks only be loaded manually? My question is not how, but why?
Because that's the way iTunes+shuffle were designed to work.
I'm sorry, but that still makes no sense. Apple took a design decision to create a different logic for podcasts than for music files. Creating a different logic costs money in development, support, documentation and testing.
However, I can see no advantage with the separate logic, neither for the consumer, for the provider of podcasts nor for Apple.
I'm afraid that with the information I currently have, my only possible conclusion is that the design decision was utter madness.

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