> I believe Winamp became so popular because it had such a unique UI Well, yes and no. Remember, Windows Media player used to be this: https://www.windows-med

> I believe Winamp became so popular because it had such a unique UI Well, yes and no. Remember, Windows Media player used to be this: https://www.windows-media-player.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Media-Player-3.png https://www.windows-media-player.com/wp-content/uploads/2019... and without system-installed codecs, which were hard to come by for something like MP3 files, it was basically useless; you could play MIDI files through your shitty OPL-3 FM synth and that's about it. Winamp came with a remarkable set of capabilities: - A bunch of useful codecs out of the box - An extensible plugin system, with input, output, general, and visualization plugins - Skinnable UI The secret sauce was the extensibility, really. You could kill hours just tweaking your Winamp, installing crazy audio effect plugins, and so forth. It was really a new breed of application for most users who were used to really business-like apps.