Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 216.239.82.81]
on September 30, 2008 04:35 PM
I'm at work so Im stuck on a Windows machine and just installed it.
I think the best way to describe the new interface is by what my supervisor said about 5mins ago: "It sucks ***."
I appreciate the new options of the Windows interface like the time/countdown even the chintzy sound color slider but the buttons are just horrible.
It used to be bland a la Windows 95 which didnt bother me before (because you mainly use fullscreen and pause/play wth the space bar) but this...
This is the reason why people keep claim that free software HAS to concentrate also on esthetics, not just function.
But again, when I watch its full-screen so it is not a deal breaker.
VLC is the best and I have no need or intention to even try another.
It saved me from those days when I used to run about 4 different players on WinXP and spending hours playing the codec hunting game.
Since VLC, I have become format agnostic.
Buttons aside, this is how freeware should be made: make the top 5 functions that people use as easy and possible and have advanced and powerful options for geeks.
When I switched my dad to PCLinuxOS, he was already immersed in FF and OO and when I showed him Amarok which would relpace his Winamp, he asked me "But I still get to keep my video player, right?"
Dad knows what he likes.
And he likes it simple and that it just works.
That's what VLC does.
Thank god you can skin it though.
PS: I like the fact that the control bar appears for a few secs in full screen mode but there is no time shown. If Im watching full screen and want to see the time left in my show/movie, I still have to double click to check it out and double click to go back instead of just touching the mouse.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 216.239.82.81] on September 30, 2008 04:35 PMI think the best way to describe the new interface is by what my supervisor said about 5mins ago: "It sucks ***."
I appreciate the new options of the Windows interface like the time/countdown even the chintzy sound color slider but the buttons are just horrible.
It used to be bland a la Windows 95 which didnt bother me before (because you mainly use fullscreen and pause/play wth the space bar) but this...
This is the reason why people keep claim that free software HAS to concentrate also on esthetics, not just function.
But again, when I watch its full-screen so it is not a deal breaker.
VLC is the best and I have no need or intention to even try another.
It saved me from those days when I used to run about 4 different players on WinXP and spending hours playing the codec hunting game.
Since VLC, I have become format agnostic.
Buttons aside, this is how freeware should be made: make the top 5 functions that people use as easy and possible and have advanced and powerful options for geeks.
When I switched my dad to PCLinuxOS, he was already immersed in FF and OO and when I showed him Amarok which would relpace his Winamp, he asked me "But I still get to keep my video player, right?"
Dad knows what he likes.
And he likes it simple and that it just works.
That's what VLC does.
Thank god you can skin it though.
PS: I like the fact that the control bar appears for a few secs in full screen mode but there is no time shown. If Im watching full screen and want to see the time left in my show/movie, I still have to double click to check it out and double click to go back instead of just touching the mouse.
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