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Guardsman00395 31st January 2004 10:30

What happened to the freeform skins?
 
That was one of my favorite features about Winamp3, that the skins didn't have to be plain ol' boxes anymore. Now 90% of the winamp 5 skins are just trumped-up, flashy *rectangular* boxes! What happened? (yes I know Winamp3 was technically not the 3rd version of winamp, but still...)

MasterViVi 31st January 2004 10:46

Winamp3 Skins -> Modern Skins (Freeform)
Winamp 2.x skins -> Classic Skins

DJ Egg 31st January 2004 14:04

Huh? What you talking about?

Winamp 5 supports both Winamp 2x (classic) and Winamp3 freeform (modern) skins.

All the exact same skins are still available, except they are now all in the one database.

To search for modern (freeform) skins only,
change the drop-down menu in the search box, eg.
http://www.winamp.com/skins/browse.p...lter=F&ctype=S
http://www.winamp.com/skins/browse.p...S&category=112
http://www.winamp.com/skins/browse.p...=S&category=12
etc etc

Guardsman00395 1st February 2004 07:42

I know WA3 skins work with Winamp5, I was merely pointing out that the majority of new skins (skins made specifically for Winamp5) are just glorified rectangular boxes.

DJ Egg 1st February 2004 13:05

Where? Show us some examples.
Maybe one or two of the newer modern skins could be described that way?
eg.
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138857
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138746
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138420
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138408
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138378
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138356

But I wouldn't class these as glorified rectangles:
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138332
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138555
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138202
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138458
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138353
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138352
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138362
http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=138338
http://www.1001winampskins.com/skin_...l?skin_id=3274

Likewise for any modern skins that are currently in progress...
http://forums.winamp.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=123


My only beef with them is that they're not taking advantage of the new Modern Skin features, eg. Attached Video/AVS windows, Notifier, etc.


I reckon the best is yet to come.
As they say, Rome wasn't built in a day.
Really good modern skins take time...

Rellik 1st February 2004 21:56

What I want to know is what's wrong with rectangular skins? Personally I find more functunality and usability in the skins that are rectangular then ones that are circular or other wacky shapes.

take a look at a home audio system, is there a wierd shape to it? what about most portable mp3 players like the iPod? The only major exception are portable CD players because their design is built around the shape of a CD.

Quote:

posted by DJ Egg
My only beef with them is that they're not taking advantage of the new Modern Skin features, eg. Attached Video/AVS windows, Notifier, etc.
Probably because there is no skin SDK yet :(

Quote:

Really good modern skins take time...
I know, I'm still waiting for the next version of MMD3


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