"It makes me sick. I haven't tried the software out, but from the screenshots, it looks like they're adding mandatory ad space into the interface. I bet it's impossible to turn it off. So every time you look at the interface while it's open playing any media your brain will register "Buy it now at Napster". Over and over. Napster, napster. Spend your money. Instant gratification... for a price. Consume. Fuck that. Leave me alone, I just wanted to play this mp3 that ripped from a CD I already own."
That is not so, there are no ads in WMP, the only possible thing that could even remotely be associated with ads, are the little Music Purchase links on the top-left, but they are un-obtrusive, are not downloaded every 5 minutes, and I wouldn't quite classify them as ads.
I hope this relieves some of your worries:) If they are in fact considered ads, then I would say they are the best ads I have seen, as they relate to the program, are useful, and are not flashing, rotating, or otherwise changing/animating. Thus, they don't distract you from listening to the music. Your claim is somewhat like saying that links to Mozilla.org in the about dialog of Firefox are ads..
Sorry if this comes across s as a flame, this is not my intention, I am simply trying to point out the facts.:)
Naptser doesn't even have to show up, that place also has links for FREE Internet radio sites etc. It hasn't bothered me, but I guess its just personal preference.
Usually I am always the first one to diss Microsoft and their products, but this one isn't actually half bad!
I use it instead of Winamp, why? Because it is completely free, there is no "full version" it has a faster cd burning/ripping method, there are more customized skins available for WMP, all the ones for WinAmp all look the same..
Also, I love the new interface, it has a very clean and uncluttered, yet very fancy interface. It is, in my opinion, a lot easier to use compared the the ugly multi-window mode of WinAMP.
I also like the ability to rip and variable bit-rates, it saves file size and hard drive space depending on the song itself, yet still keeps the great quality of the songs.
So, for the above reasons WMP is my player of choice, although others like WinAMP, foobar2000, etc aren't too bad, but I just really like the UI of this one.
The GUI is better, I like the overall look of it, but not quite as much as I like KDE, Gnome lacks the professional look of KDE, and is slightly harder to use in some aspects.
I guess the main thing I dislike about Gnome, is the lack of "3d-ness" in the graphics, everything looks very flat, almost exactly like the old MacOS gui!
And certianly eye-candy isn't everything, functionality is important too. That is also one thing that Gnome is minorly lacking, its overall fairly good, but I have run into a few programs that refuse to work in anything aside from KDE.
All I can say is wow, this is a great change, almost too great! I came here this morning looking for the latest nightly build, I saw the new design and almost had a heart attack, I thought I had mistyped the URL or something!
I think the new design gives it much more of a professional look, which is good, I think it will attract more people, and overall be better for there company.
The blue look deffinatly looks professional. Regarding the old design, something about all that red made me see red:P
Conclusion: I love firefox! - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040831 Firefox/0.9.1+
I have switched from IE to firefox, and have neer thought once about going back.. I am currently useing the 1.0PR builds and they are amazing, I cant image version 2.. IE will be totaly dead!
This is really handy, the main reason I dont use my gmail account more often, is that it cant be checked automaticly with the rest of my email accounts.. this helps some, but the GUI honestly sucks. It really need some more work.
Also, I find it a pain that it cant automaticly check two accounts at the same time, not that anybody has two accounts;)
I must admit that although I hate ads, this is actualy kinda funny... I mean sometimes there can be some usefull stuff in those ads, although I wouldn't use it too often, Opera users might complain of Firefox stealing there features;)
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I can see their new laws now: "Do not install spyware, or Arnold will personally come and terminate you!"
"It makes me sick. I haven't tried the software out, but from the screenshots, it looks like they're adding mandatory ad space into the interface. I bet it's impossible to turn it off. So every time you look at the interface while it's open playing any media your brain will register "Buy it now at Napster". Over and over. Napster, napster. Spend your money. Instant gratification... for a price. Consume. Fuck that. Leave me alone, I just wanted to play this mp3 that ripped from a CD I already own." That is not so, there are no ads in WMP, the only possible thing that could even remotely be associated with ads, are the little Music Purchase links on the top-left, but they are un-obtrusive, are not downloaded every 5 minutes, and I wouldn't quite classify them as ads.
:) If they are in fact considered ads, then I would say they are the best ads I have seen, as they relate to the program, are useful, and are not flashing, rotating, or otherwise changing/animating. Thus, they don't distract you from listening to the music. Your claim is somewhat like saying that links to Mozilla.org in the about dialog of Firefox are ads..
:)
I hope this relieves some of your worries
Sorry if this comes across s as a flame, this is not my intention, I am simply trying to point out the facts.
Naptser doesn't even have to show up, that place also has links for FREE Internet radio sites etc. It hasn't bothered me, but I guess its just personal preference.
Usually I am always the first one to diss Microsoft and their products, but this one isn't actually half bad!
I use it instead of Winamp, why? Because it is completely free, there is no "full version" it has a faster cd burning/ripping method, there are more customized skins available for WMP, all the ones for WinAmp all look the same..
Also, I love the new interface, it has a very clean and uncluttered, yet very fancy interface. It is, in my opinion, a lot easier to use compared the the ugly multi-window mode of WinAMP.
I also like the ability to rip and variable bit-rates, it saves file size and hard drive space depending on the song itself, yet still keeps the great quality of the songs.
So, for the above reasons WMP is my player of choice, although others like WinAMP, foobar2000, etc aren't too bad, but I just really like the UI of this one.
The GUI is better, I like the overall look of it, but not quite as much as I like KDE, Gnome lacks the professional look of KDE, and is slightly harder to use in some aspects.
I guess the main thing I dislike about Gnome, is the lack of "3d-ness" in the graphics, everything looks very flat, almost exactly like the old MacOS gui!
And certianly eye-candy isn't everything, functionality is important too. That is also one thing that Gnome is minorly lacking, its overall fairly good, but I have run into a few programs that refuse to work in anything aside from KDE.
All I can say is wow, this is a great change, almost too great! I came here this morning looking for the latest nightly build, I saw the new design and almost had a heart attack, I thought I had mistyped the URL or something!
:P
I think the new design gives it much more of a professional look, which is good, I think it will attract more people, and overall be better for there company.
The blue look deffinatly looks professional. Regarding the old design, something about all that red made me see red
Conclusion: I love firefox! - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040831 Firefox/0.9.1+
I have switched from IE to firefox, and have neer thought once about going back.. I am currently useing the 1.0PR builds and they are amazing, I cant image version 2.. IE will be totaly dead!
:)
Take a look at StopIE, www.stopie.com
I just found this, http://www.gnotify.com/index.asp , and I think its better than the version google has realesed.. you might give it a go :D
This is really handy, the main reason I dont use my gmail account more often, is that it cant be checked automaticly with the rest of my email accounts.. this helps some, but the GUI honestly sucks. It really need some more work.
;)
Also, I find it a pain that it cant automaticly check two accounts at the same time, not that anybody has two accounts
I must admit that although I hate ads, this is actualy kinda funny... I mean sometimes there can be some usefull stuff in those ads, although I wouldn't use it too often, Opera users might complain of Firefox stealing there features ;)