Winamp 2.91 -- It Really Whips the Llama's Ass
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RIP Winamp. Still using the old 2.91 here, still works great (as if it could wear over time like hardware...)

It really whips the llama’s ass.

  • thomask@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I may never have mastered vim but in Winamp 2 I had Q (queue) and J (jump to & alt-Q queue) absolutely nailed. Even with my peasantlike 15k tracks I felt like a boss navigating around my collection-as-a-playlist in split-second bursts of keyboard scrabbling. Sadly these shortcuts didn’t make it into Winamp 5. Ever since, it’s always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower - doing the equivalent search/queue in Spotify or Apple Music might require the mouse and waiting for loading spinners.

    • llii@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ever since, it’s always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower

      100 x the processing power, 10 x slower. Unfortunately that’s where most software is heading.