Let's lay off the politics, please! People come here for audio. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamit Campos" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 09:40 Subject: Re: [all-audio] Famous media player Winamp new version with Windows 10 support leaks online
> True this. I agree with Dain though to this extent. Which is a point that > kinda gets on my nurvs with some conservitives like Lymbaugh. Dude the > world's moved on exept it. Move on to other things. Now yes you're right > it's just a player but eventually it'll show it's age. Things will come up > where 1 will need a new 1. It happens with Power DVD. What needs to happen > is these companies need to be reminded how accessible if in the past their > productts were accessible in the past and have them include these > keystrokes these lines of code or what ever from then in the new ones. > Power DVD 7 and 8 were verry verry accessible. Meh not Windows Media > Player but close. But come Power DVD 11 and things insted of getting > better go down hill. Cyberlink needs to be shown what they had done and > how to improve it. > > > On 10/11/2018 12:11 AM, JM Casey wrote: >> I think the point is, it's a media player, not a web browser or something >> else that especially needs to be kept up-to-date or replaced with >> something newer. Not too many new audio formats under the sun lately. If >> someone likes it, why not use it? I can't speak for new people being >> introduced to it because it's been placed on their computers in 2018, but >> they might well end up liking it too. NO need to disparage anyone. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman >> Sent: October 11, 2018 12:05 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Famous media player Winamp new version with >> Windows 10 support leaks online >> >> While I've not dealt with every type of media player that ever was, I >> don't see how one could get a whole lot better (as far as accessibility >> is concerned) than Winamp; just my opinion, you understand! >> Tom Kaufman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelly >> Pierce >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:37 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Famous media player Winamp new version with >> Windows 10 support leaks online >> >> Dane, >> >> Winamp is the most accessible media player for the blind. It may be old, >> but it is highly functional. I am listening to online radio with it as I >> type this message. Braille slates are more than 80 years old but they >> are still used because they are useful. I also own and use a minidisc >> recorder. It is somewhat ancient, but it remains highly effective for >> spoken word recording. >> >> Kelly >> >> <div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /> <table >> style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"> >> <tr> >> <td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a >> href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon"; >> target="_blank"><img >> src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"; >> alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" >> /></a></td> >> <td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; >> font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >> line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. <a >> href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link"; >> target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a> >> </td> >> </tr> >> </table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" >> height="1"></a></div> >> >> On 10/10/18, dennis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> i would love to get it when it comes out. >>> >>> On 10/10/2018 7:12 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> >>>> Only me but I just couldnât be bothered wasting my time wondering >>>> what others are thinking about something that soon will be ancient >>>> history. >>>>> On 11 Oct 2018, at 8:33 am, JM Casey <[email protected]> ( >>>>> [email protected] ) wrote: I have this beta. I'm skeptical >>>>> how official it is and I haven't bothered to install it, because >>>>> Winamp >>>>> 5.666 >>>>> is working just fine for me in Windows 10. However, a couple of >>>>> others on other lists have reported that it works well. >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> ( >>>>> [email protected] ) On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: October 10, >>>>> 2018 4:57 PM To: >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Famous media player Winamp new version with >>>>> Windows 10 support leaks online I probably wouldn't download it >>>>> right yet; not until we know that it is "officially" out there! >>>>> Wouldn't want something bad to get into our computers! Tom Kaufman >>>>> -----Original >>>>> Message----- From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] >>>>> ( [email protected] ) ] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: >>>>> Wednesday, October 10, 2018 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: >>>>> Re: >>>>> [all-audio] >>>>> Famous media player Winamp new version with Windows 10 support leaks >>>>> online all I can say is download and use at your own risk. >>>>>> On 11 Oct 2018, at 6:59 am, Brian Olesen <[email protected]> ( >>>>>> [email protected] ) wrote: Famous media player Winamp new version >>>>>> with Windows 10 support leaks >>>>> online >>>>>> By Mayank Parmar - September 17, 2018 Winamp for Windows Remember >>>>>> Winamp? >>>>>> The popular media player for Windows is expected to make >>>>> a >>>>>> comeback at some point. Winamp was launched by independent >>>>>> developers back in 1997 and it grew quickly popular with over 3 >>>>>> million downloads in a >>>>> short >>>>>> span of time. In a couple of years, Winamp became one of the most >>>>>> downloaded Windows applications. The app was sold to AOL in 1999 >>>>>> for >>>>>> $80 >>>>>> million but it later acquired by Radionomy in 2014. Radionomy, the >>>>>> current developers of famous Winamp promised that the app will >>>>>> receive a new update with several new features. A while ago, the >>>>>> developers published release notes of an update but no downloadable >>>>>> package was available for users to try out. Winamp developers >>>>>> promised major updates ever since it took over the company and we >>>>>> are >>>>> still >>>>>> waiting for that day. It's an old and outdated app but it's still >>>>>> being used by millions of >>>>> users. >>>>>> A new version of Winamp, which was last developed on October 26, >>>>>> 2016, has leaked online. Winamp 5.8 has been published by an >>>>>> unknown source and it's not from the official developers. It's also >>>>>> worth noting that VirusTotal scan generates two different >>>>> warnings >>>>>> for the app, so we are not including the link to unreleased Winamp >>>>>> update >>>>> in >>>>>> this article. Winamp works fine on Windows 10 The Winamp 5.8 comes >>>>>> with several new features and improvements including support for >>>>>> Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. It is, however, worth noting that >>>>>> public and stable version of the app >>>>> works >>>>>> smoothly on Windows 10, but Winamp 5.8 is supposed to address >>>>> compatibility >>>>>> issues with Windows 10. As noted above, this release of Winamp >>>>>> comes with several other improvements. For example, there's a >>>>>> dedicated setting that lets you >>>>> disable >>>>>> Winamp's video support and the company has also fixed some bugs to >>>>>> improve the overall performance of the player. The current owner >>>>>> hasn't officially announced any updates for the app but >>>>> as >>>>>> the beta has just leaked out, there's a chance that an official >>>>>> statement will be released soon. It's also possible that the >>>>>> developers are >>>>> internally >>>>>> testing a new and improved version of the app with better support >>>>>> for Windows 10. At this point, it's not yet known whether a new >>>>>> Winamp release is planned >>>>> or >>>>>> not. 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