I’ve given this topic more thought and I think what it really boils down to is that people don’t like change regardless how good or bad something might be compared to another App, another method or whatever so here’s the point, take onboard change or stay behind and eventually stagnate.
> On 12 Oct 2018, at 12:43 am, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom for those of us who have only kinda run across WinAmp. What made it such > a big thing with the blind? Maybe I didn't give it much a chance. But > actually the 1 I used felt odd. But I only tried it. But seeing it doesn't > have SRS Wow like Media Player does, I don't use it much. Meh I've tried it > for streaming but that's about all. I do know lots of people love WinAmp. I > have homies that do. > > > On 10/11/2018 12:04 AM, Tom Kaufman 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. 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