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Demosthenes · 01-09-2002, 07:32 PM

I shiver at the thought of Windows Media Player. It was fine up until version 7 I believe, then they decided to make it idiot proof. I have seen too many programs go that route. They add more and more features and the damned program becomes a music playing, meeting scheduling, stock ticking, emailing calculator; all in one. Even operating systems have become like this: WindowsXP.

I started using WinAmp because it was really the only reputable program out there that played MP3s way back when nobody had ever heard of an MP3 and most people had still not found the internet. Ah, the good old days. :) And, more importantly, it really has not changed. They added that mini web browser or whatever it is that you can disable, but the essence of the program hardly changes. Why mess with perfection?

Respectfully,

Demosthenes

01-09-2002, 07:32 PM	#17
Demosthenes Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Random Posts: 997	I shiver at the thought of Windows Media Player. It was fine up until version 7 I believe, then they decided to make it idiot proof. I have seen too many programs go that route. They add more and more features and the damned program becomes a music playing, meeting scheduling, stock ticking, emailing calculator; all in one. Even operating systems have become like this: WindowsXP. I started using WinAmp because it was really the only reputable program out there that played MP3s way back when nobody had ever heard of an MP3 and most people had still not found the internet. Ah, the good old days. :) And, more importantly, it really has not changed. They added that mini web browser or whatever it is that you can disable, but the essence of the program hardly changes. Why mess with perfection? Respectfully, Demosthenes