Yep at that rate one may as well say forget about computers, we did just as well 40 years ago getting stuff done.
> On 11 Oct 2018, at 3:04 pm, Tom Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 couldn’t 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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