Does anyone use Bento/Big Bento skin?

[Aminifu]

Hi siavash119,

There is another user (link below) who shares your fondness for the Winamp modern skin.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=359228

I used it for years and now use cPro skins. They combine the classic and modern skin features in one overall skin. Unlike the Bento skins, there is better control of the major sub-windows and there are additional features that enhance the UI.

[lostinsound]

Hi siavash119,

There is another user (link below) who shares your fondness for the Winamp modern skin.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=359228

I used it for years and now use cPro skins. They combine the classic and modern skin features in one overall skin. Unlike the Bento skins, there is better control of the major sub-windows and there are additional features that enhance the UI.

I'm trying out the Ayon Port skin and it just seems like a SUI like Bento with not a lot flexibility with moving sub-windows around. Am I missing something, or is that not what you meant?

[Aminifu]

I'm trying out the Ayon Port skin and it just seems like a SUI like Bento with not a lot flexibility with moving sub-windows around. Am I missing something, or is that not what you meant?

cPro skins are all-in-one skins. So you can't move sub-windows around. I meant that you can more easily control which sub-windows are visible and some cPro skins have sub-window arrangements that are different from Bento.

If you are trying the cPro 2.01 engine, you can double click on a sub-window tab heading to make the overall skin toggle between full screen and back. I find that useful when viewing the media library or browser. The now playing sub-window is nice for displaying the artwork of the currently selected or playing song. There are many other additional usability features. Explore, point at stuff for tool tips and right click on things for context menus.

[lostinsound]

cPro skins are all-in-one skins. So you can't move sub-windows around. I meant that you can more easily control which sub-windows are visible and some cPro skins have sub-window arrangements that are different from Bento.

If you are trying the cPro 2.01 engine, you can double click on a sub-window tab heading to make the overall skin toggle between full screen and back. I find that useful when viewing the media library or browser. The now playing sub-window is nice for displaying the artwork of the currently selected or playing song. There are many other additional usability features. Explore, point at stuff for tool tips and right click on things for context menus.

Thanks, I guess I misunderstood. They are pretty interesting skins. I'm not sure if this is a bug, but for quite a few skins I've tried, when I try to use Alt+L to collapse the Media Library it switches to the Video tab instead. Are you seeing this too?

[Aminifu]

Thanks, I guess I misunderstood. They are pretty interesting skins. I'm not sure if this is a bug, but for quite a few skins I've tried, when I try to use Alt+L to collapse the Media Library it switches to the Video tab instead. Are you seeing this too?

I had not noticed that. I'm much more of a mouse guy (hard for me to remember keyboard hotkeys with all the apps I use), so I just click or doubleclick the sub-window tab or use the main context menu to access sub-window tabs that I have hidden. I will check the other hotkeys and report that bug and any others I find.

Thanks.

EDIT:
Alt+W does not seem to work. Alt+G works as expected (collapses the equalizer window). All the rest (E, Q, V and X) switch back to the media library, except for Alt+L which works as you stated (switches to video before back to media library).

Maybe this is intended. I will ask the dev.

Alt+V and Alt+X work the same way in both Winamp Bento and cPro. Since the cPro sub-windows do not collapse, I think these responses are intended. But having the Alt+L switch to video is a surprise.