This is going to be the basis of my next startup: Winamp as a Service.
A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
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Re: A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
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I always used skins in Winamp/XMMS, but I'm immediately filled with nostalgia upon seeing the default skin. I wonder if people who came to use computers in the last decade will experience the sort of enjoyment I got out of customizing the look and feel of applications. All of the walled gardens have intertwined design with functionality to the point where skinning doesn't really exist in the same way. I haven't used…
Honestly, skinning is probably easier today than it ever has been. With custom client-side stylesheets, there's no reason someone couldn't roll out custom skins for sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Unfortunately, even proficient developers are having trouble due to some misguided technical choices those websites are making: https://twitter.com/sindresorhus/status/900005504931438593
Re: A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
#43Re: A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, skinning is probably easier today than it ever has been. With custom client-side stylesheets, there's no reason someone couldn't roll out custom skins for sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
I bet there's branding and usability reasons for Facebook to avoid allowing you to skin/theme it to the extent Winamp was skinnable. Not sure I know what those are, but I just really doubt they'll ever add that feature.
Probably more like value reasons. What's the point? Would that drive more users to Facebook? Or current users to spend more time there?
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#45Re: A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
#46Does it support milkdrop?
Re: A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
#47Winamp + dialup connection. How many hours have we lost downloading a bunch of mp3 files...
23 minutes to download Usher - Yeah and Outkast - Hey Ya!.mp3 - those were the days.
For a brief moment of my life, I got up as soon as my alarm went off. It was always exciting to see what MP3s were downloaded overnight from the queue.
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#48Re: A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, skinning is probably easier today than it ever has been. With custom client-side stylesheets, there's no reason someone couldn't roll out custom skins for sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
I bet there's branding and usability reasons for Facebook to avoid allowing you to skin/theme it to the extent Winamp was skinnable. Not sure I know what those are, but I just really doubt they'll ever add that feature.
While it worked great for Winamp and a few other apps, the process was a negative for others: MySpace being a big example. People modifying their pages to look like Angelfire/Geocities sites from back in the day killed any interest I had in them.
Re: A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
23 minutes to download Usher - Yeah and Outkast - Hey Ya!.mp3 - those were the days.
For a brief moment of my life, I got up as soon as my alarm went off. It was always exciting to see what MP3s were downloaded overnight from the queue.
Somehow it was more fun and you felt like you had accomplished something when you had a complete album. Things are too easy today :)