On 5/23/06, Philip Newton <[email protected]> wrote:
On 5/23/06, A. Pagaltzis <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Philip Newton <[email protected]> [2006-05-23 13:40]:
> > User interface guidelines are there for a reason, and even
> > Microsoft kinda-sorta sticks to them.
>
> Except for their media player.
*sigh* Yes. Which, as I result, I can hardly use.
It looked just fine in the mid-90's -- why did they have to go and
mess up the interface? Hateful.
I *think* it's all Winamp's fault, but can't prove it. I'm actually
genuinely interested in researching this for a reason - does anyone
know what totally-user-skinnable apps existed before Winamp?
Incidentally, if you long for a Windows Media Player with the old v6
interface but with modern features, I highly recommend Media Player
Classic:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
... which is worth keeping around even if you have VLC as it's
slightly less hateful about certain things, such as ACTUALLY WORKING
OUT WHERE MY BLOODY DVD DRIVE IS.
-- Yoz
