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Neowin interviews Ben Goodger, Justin Frankel
mr_tommy writes "Neowin has had the pleasure of talking to two prominent figures in the I.T. world. First, Ben Goodger, chief developer of the excellent browser Firefox, and secondly, Justin Frankel, creator of Winamp and many other products for Nullsoft. We've got Ben talking about Firefox, XUL, and the future at Mozilla; equally, Justin talks (humorously) about his past, Winamp, AOL, music, and what he's up to at the moment. Also, read on for some of his projects he thought about doing when he left Winamp, including setting up an interesting alternative to Windows 2000 based on Open Source software, similar to ReactOS."
Justin actually updates his weblog regularly. It's well worth checking out just to see what he's been up to lately.
Winamp Unlimited also does a good job of tracking down any online activities with the Nullsoft staff, or any Winamp/NS-related projects that might be brewing.
As I listen to my CDs with Winamp and browse slashdot with FireFox 0.8 ...
I've almost forgotten the people who made it possible... it's become second nature ... Thanks for reminding me :)
Especially about the part about Justin Frankel using Vim...
And maybe this was a first post ?... (but I did read the articles)
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur
"I have an iPod, and I must say I do love the iPod (btw, the iPod Winamp plugin rules, too -- I can't stand iTunes, either)."
To find out more about this, go to mlipod.sf.net
--will
mlipod developer
Definitely something useful for small developers who can't afford an installshield license.
Man watching 6 MSCE's around a sun box, looks alot like the opening scene's of 2001:space odyssey...
... about Justin and Ben.
It really does amaze me that nobody else has produced an mp3 player whose UI is even in the same league of decent as the iPod's -- don't get me wrong, the iPod's UI is nowhere near perfect and pisses me off now and then too --but everything else I've seen is just an order of magnitude worse. What gives?
It's NOT THAT HARD PEOPLE.
Two obvious points:
1. Anyone doing anything similar to Apple is charged with 'ripping them off'.
2. Anyone doing something *different* from Apple is making it 'too complex'.
IT IS HARD, PEOPLE, to replicate something which people love on an emotional level, differentiate yourself enough so as to not be seen as just a knock-off, and yet have it be close enough to the original to be seen as 'good'.
Frankly, most iPod people will *never* use anything else because, like pretty much all Apple-buying people, they've paid top dollar and will never think anything less expensive has any merit.
I do not think the ipod interface is all that hot. Let me take that back - the *wheel* thing isn't. The visual interface is OK (not much you can do there) but I don't like the wheel. Tried both a regular and a 'mini' - can't use either of them very well.
I'm speaking from the standpoint of a new neuros owner, so yes I'm biased, but so are pretty much all pro-iPod zealots (either reviewers who got theirs free or the early-adopter raving "Apple can do no wrong" crowd).
WOW - one more thing I just noticed - an iPod owner criticizing Apple! He even says the interface 'pisses him off' now and then! What's wrong in paradise? Why doesn't he design a 'better' one if is so damn easy? He says himself IT'S NOT THAT HARD.
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