Re: CHAT: Winamp versions

Quoting Axiem <axiem@...>:

> Some people said:
>
> > > So, is 5 a follow-on from 2, or from 3, or what? I've been incredibly
> > > unwilling to upgrade from 2 until I know whether I'm better off not
> > > bothering.
> >
> > Winamp 5 contains aspects of Winamp 2 and Winamp3. 2 + 3 = 5. Also, Winamp
> > 4 would've implied a progression of Winamp 2, Winamp3, Winamp 4, whereas
> > it's more like Winamp 2, Winamp 5 (and Winamp3, Winamp 5), IIUC.
> >
>
> Basically, yes. To sum up: I highly recommend upgrading.
>
> Geek talk: Winamp 2 rocked the house. It was fairly powerful, and very
> widespread. It was a great goodness. However, the developers weren't
> completely satisfied; there were a lot of things Winamp 2 couldn't do. So
> they created Winamp 3. Winamp 3 was horrid, and most people hated it. But
> they did have a couple cool features. The best one (IMNSHO) was the
> ubercoolnew skin ability. As I recall, they also integrated the Media
> Library, but don't quote me there. But, as I said, Winamp 3 was not much
> liked, and they still developed Winamp 2.
I appear to be the only one who likes Winamp3; all my offline friends hate it.
Now, I'm no doubt a 'causal user', who's never cared for the advanced features
of either '2 or '3 (I've yet to change skin in any of my 3-4 installations on
various computers), but I do like the ability to have multiple playlists
loaded.

> Then they came out with Winamp 5. Basically, they took Winamp 2 and added
> all the cool stuff of Winamp 3. 2+3=5, as has been noted. I myself was
> doubtful, until I took it for a spin. It operates almost exactly like Winamp
> 2.9x, except the skinning engine is muchly improved. As well, the Media
> Library operates almost seemlessly, and is ubernifty. Theoretically, it can
> play video, but I haven't messed with that. They also have a universal
> hotkeys plugin native (instead of having to download one), which basically
> means you can control Winamp by your keyboard from anywhere in Windows,
> without having to be focused on winamp. And they left in one of my favorite
> features: the ability to "stop playback after current song".
>
> So yes. I highly recommend 5. My only complaint is that it lags a bit,
> skin-wise, if I've been doing a whole lot. However, I'm using a Winamp 3
> skin ("Modern" skin, they call it). And since I do most of my control by the
> keyboard, it doesn't bother me much.
I guess I should be checking out '5 some day.

                                                             Andreas

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