spotted weird thing in alt-tab

niktheguru · 22nd November 2003, 18:13

Hi, just thought i'd share this.

I have the microsoft powertoy installed that allows me to see the window of the different applications running when i press "alt and tab" to move to different applications (dunno if i've explained that clearly, but say i've got winamp, word and outlook running and i wanna go from winamp to outlook, i can press "alt and tab" twice to go to outlook (standard feature of windows) but while doing that i get a preview of what is displayed in my applications (i.e. my word window, and my outlook window)

Right, now when i press "alt and tab" with winamp 5, there is one entry for the main window, one for the media library, one for the playlist editor and very surprisingly there is another main window, but previewing the CLASSIC SKIN (showing the song i am currently playing!!). Does anyone know why this is?? Does anyone underatnd what i've just said

Can anyone bear light in why this is?

hungryskull · 22nd November 2003, 19:14

Doesn't do that on my computer.

Snoozy · 22nd November 2003, 20:44

Does it on mine - you need to have the powertoy installed.

MasterViVi · 22nd November 2003, 20:57

I noticed that the Modern skins uses the Classic skin as a base. So actually 'wrapping' it's skin over the Classic one.

DJ Egg · 22nd November 2003, 21:10

Yup. The classic skin is still the base skin, built into winamp.exe
Modern skin and all others . . . are just skins.

WHEREamI · 22nd November 2003, 23:38

hrm... i have the power toy, but doesn't do it. In fact, when i have a classic skin loaded, there's no main window in the alt-tab order, just eq and ple.

~WHEREamI

mikm · 22nd November 2003, 23:41

Quote:

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Yup. The classic skin is still the base skin, built into winamp.exe
Modern skin and all others . . . are just skins.

Except for the "hacked" skins.

sishgupta · 22nd November 2003, 23:48

i get this with with virtual desktops in litestep. When i use the modern skin, there is the main window using that modern skin, and then there is another window on another virtual desktop with the classic skin. i can interact with it but i cant move it.

So far ive only seen it in the theme where theres a 3x3 grid of desktops and it happens in the 3rd row, 2nd column

22nd November 2003, 18:13	#1
niktheguru Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: London, UK Posts: 117	spotted weird thing in alt-tab Hi, just thought i'd share this. I have the microsoft powertoy installed that allows me to see the window of the different applications running when i press "alt and tab" to move to different applications (dunno if i've explained that clearly, but say i've got winamp, word and outlook running and i wanna go from winamp to outlook, i can press "alt and tab" twice to go to outlook (standard feature of windows) but while doing that i get a preview of what is displayed in my applications (i.e. my word window, and my outlook window) Right, now when i press "alt and tab" with winamp 5, there is one entry for the main window, one for the media library, one for the playlist editor and very surprisingly there is another main window, but previewing the CLASSIC SKIN (showing the song i am currently playing!!). Does anyone know why this is?? Does anyone underatnd what i've just said Can anyone bear light in why this is? Nikhil

22nd November 2003, 19:14	#2
hungryskull Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Somewhere in Canada Posts: 776	Doesn't do that on my computer. Darn, I can't think of anything to put here.

22nd November 2003, 21:10	#5
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,124	Yup. The classic skin is still the base skin, built into winamp.exe Modern skin and all others . . . are just skins. Playlist -\|- Twitter

22nd November 2003, 23:38	#6
WHEREamI Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wasabidev Posts: 607	hrm... i have the power toy, but doesn't do it. In fact, when i have a classic skin loaded, there's no main window in the alt-tab order, just eq and ple. ~WHEREamI Wasabidev.org \| Wasabi Wiki \| wasabi.player 499g (patch)

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22nd November 2003, 20:44	#3
Snoozy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Da' Bayou Posts: 21	Does it on mine - you need to have the powertoy installed.

22nd November 2003, 20:57	#4
MasterViVi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 286	I noticed that the Modern skins uses the Classic skin as a base. So actually 'wrapping' it's skin over the Classic one.

22nd November 2003, 23:48	#8
sishgupta Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 27	i get this with with virtual desktops in litestep. When i use the modern skin, there is the main window using that modern skin, and then there is another window on another virtual desktop with the classic skin. i can interact with it but i cant move it. So far ive only seen it in the theme where theres a 3x3 grid of desktops and it happens in the 3rd row, 2nd column