Remove *** from Classic Skin songticker
 

I've discussed this earlier today in the thread below:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....38#post2172138

Basically, the *** is used to separate the end of an ATF title from the beginning of the ATF title when it is scrolling during a song. If you have Rating's displayed in your ATF this causes GREAT confusion about the rating of your song.

This is shown in the picture below (I took this from a post in the forum thread above):
http://forums.winamp.com/attachment....postid=2172064

It would be greatly appreciated if the *** could be removed. Thanks.

No, dont remove it. Instead, add a choice to have the *** or not have it. Some like the *** you know..

Also, add a choice in the Modern skin to use the "Classic Skin Songticker" there too. I mean, now the songname scrolls from one side to another (bounce), and then back (in the Modern Skin).
It would be great if you added a choice there, so we can choose to have it to bounce, or have it to scroll all the time (like in the Classic Skin).

Or better yet, why not use the old star spot to display the rating, instead of getting rid of it entirely. That way it won't confuse, but would still separate the beginning from the end of the title.

Edit: In a related vein, maybe the part on the tray tooltip or taskbar that says "Winamp" could be replaced with the rating (if present). It's safe to say that someone using winamp enough to make use of ratings probably doesn't need to remember that it's Winamp they're using.

From the Winamp 5.0 Wishlist:

Modern Skin Shit

Song ticker scrolling wraps instead of bouncing

Any other 'classic skins-only' features

Ya....It doesn't have to be removed like I said above. But I just want the separator (***) to look much MORE different than the Rating *'s. Its way too confusing for anyone who wants to see their Rating's in the songticker.

Change or Remove it is my Request

remove the ratings, problem solved.

If you don't like the music, don't rate it, remove it.

That IS NOT a solution and frankly a little rude. Ratings have many many purposes. You assume I use the stardardized rating system:
1 Star=Hate------->5 Star=Love

What if I used a different spectrum for my Ratings such as:
1 Star=Like------->5 Star=Absolute Best

You never know.....

why dont you leave the *** and make real stars for the ratings? or a user specified seperator

Real stars.....I don't know what the difference is. How do you type a Real star?

You could just use smiles
☺
☺☺
☺☺☺
☺☺☺☺
☺☺☺☺☺

And what is the ASCII code for Smiley Faces......I don't think there is one? Also, just to mention, many of the "special" ASCII characters DO NOT work for ATF formatting. They are simply not accepted.

i was talking about an image, not a font.