replacing XMMS

[Robert Dumas]

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Matt Hansen wrote:
| Hi Colin,
|
| Well here's my opinion. Apart from it using less CPU resources, I can
| find nothing else I personally like about it. For a start, it is _way_
| to small. I need to basically squint real close to see things. (And yes,
| my eyesight is fine. ;) I also know there's the Ctrl-D combo to make it
| larger, but on my screen, this looks real ugly. Second, there UI is
| horrible. How can anyone like the controls and navigations in this?
| Having to click a non-obvious drop-down button to get to the menu items
| is far from desired for a new user. And like many audio players, it's
| inundated with preferences and settings that most users have no need
| for.

I have to admit, I'm with him on this. Rhythmbox is much more appealing
to a new user and I think that's important. XMMS appears, as far as I
can tell, to be designed as a mere workalike for Winamp 2.x, but even
Nullsoft has dumped the old layout in favor of the new 5.x layout, which
I find a lot easier to use than Winamp 2.x ever was.

Some folks seem to think we need to ship Fedora with everything --
including the kitchen sink -- installed, but I disagree. I think Fedora
can live without XMMS; after all, having two players installed will
simply confuse new users.

After all, if people *really* want to use other players, they can get
them, right? I mean, lots of Windows users are smart enough to go online
and get Winamp instead of just using Windows Media Player (*insert
barfing noises here*), so there's no reason to assume Fedora users
couldn't do the same. Perhaps alternative programs can be included on
the CD-ROM, but I think for a basic install, one player (installed) is
enough for most people.

- -- Robert D.

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