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Winamp 3, as an application, got it all right. Software developers even today struggle to get applications to be so usable. Dead simple interface Super fas
by user49598 14y ago
Winamp 3, as an application, got it all right. Software developers even today struggle to get applications to be so usable.
Dead simple interface
Super fast start up
Super fast search
Easy playlist creation and management
Simple keyboard shortcuts
Simple configuration
Huge library of plugins
Zero distractions
Stable
I still miss winamp. To this day there hasn't been another media player that just got completely out of my way and let me listen to music.
- spectre256 14y agoIt sounds like you are describing Winamp 2. As I recall (and the article seems to confirm) Winamp 3 added no useful features while killing stability and speed. I do remember liking winamp 5 (there was no 4) though.
- masklinn 14y ago> As I recall (and the article seems to confirm) Winamp 3 added no useful features while killing stability and speed. Aye. It added deeper skinning support, but was slow, crash-prone and incompatible with everything built for winamp 2. Winamp 5 was built on the Winamp 2 codebase with some Winamp 3 techs in (such as "modern skins")