Winamp 5.53
Posted: June 18th, 2008 | Filed under: Software | Tags: Media Player, Music, SoftwareThis post is a continuation on the series about finding the “Best Free Media Player for Vista”
Winamp really surprised me but not in a good way. Most people I know run this as their main media player, but I cannot stand it. The default UI was terrible. I could not find anything I was looking for without having to really search for it. The program seems like they made a basic media player then just started adding things to it placing a button anywhere it would fit.
I did however like the fact that you could shrink the player to fit just at the top of the screen. Really thin and it only has the minimal amount of buttons. It also lowered the amount of system resources, from about 21k to 11k, whenever you minimize it.
For whatever reason winamp has a large online community, with lots of different skins and addons. Sadly I wouldn’t even say winamp is usable without downloading a new skin.
My Suggestions:
Its time for a rewrite. A better default UI is really needed, as well as faster performance. Personally I will be uninstalling this and not be re-downloading this for a really long time… if ever.
My Rating: 4/10
Summary of Winamp:
- Horrible User Interface
- Nice minimize to top of screen feature
- No minimize to tray
- resource use is ok, but nothing impressive
- Needs a complete rewrite badly.
