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Winamp (www.youtube.com)

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It really whips the llama's ass.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I may never have mastered vim but in Winamp 2 I had Q (queue) and J (jump to & alt-Q queue) absolutely nailed. Even with my peasantlike 15k tracks I felt like a boss navigating around my collection-as-a-playlist in split-second bursts of keyboard scrabbling. Sadly these shortcuts didn't make it into Winamp 5. Ever since, it's always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower - doing the equivalent search/queue in Spotify or Apple Music might require the mouse and waiting for loading spinners.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ever since, it’s always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower

100 x the processing power, 10 x slower. Unfortunately that's where most software is heading.