Yes there's things which can be improved and most of which generally can be done a plug-in at a time but as has been seen, Winamp users don't like things being changed (even if it's for the better) and is why there's so many still on the decade old 2.9x version (why update when it works ok for me?) or they refuse to go above a specific version because of a single unsupported plug-in from the early 2000s. plus re-writing something so it's better but looks / works the same as before is hard to convince people to download, just like the shear joke that people view there being crash fixes in every releases (as after 16yrs there shouldn't be bugs. yes it's a potential problem but that's how the desktop client is and deviating too much from that just leads to failures in people not updating (and what's then the point of making new clients if people don't download them.? as that's one of the reasons why we're in this new position).Īnd there have been new plug-in types created but they're mainly background services for the existing types to use and share and that is not a bad thing, but calling for 're-writes' is futile as most things work. It's also because of the module nature of Winamp and having the modern skin support as a plug-in was the only way so a 'lite' or customised version can still be provided. It wasn't ideal and could have been done differently so it'd have worked better with the newer Windows features but that wasn't something envisioned at the time with plug-in compatibility seen as a higher thing (despite plug-ins already being on the wane at the time) and who knew what Windows was going to do years later.Īs for the issue seen, things were changed in 5.66x to try to resolve it though there must still be a timing issue with things that are preventing the classic EQ window from being hidden and the option of force hiding the EQ window in classic skin mode and then going back to modern was the best way to ensure its not shown. But, this is why you don't see an image of the selected modern skin in the taskbar view and when using to cycle thru open desktop apps under Windows 7its 'offscreen' irrespective of the Windows version as its due to how the modern skin plug-in was implemented to allow for plug-ins to still work with Winamp (as the native classic skin windows are always there even in modern skin mode but some are more special than other windows and is why some visual quirks have been known to happen).

I don't know why Winamp needs to do this, even though all skins are just graphic images for the same underlying user interface. Anyway, when using a modern skin under Windows 7 (and maybe 8.1) the window for the classic main player is opened off screen (in an area outside the visible area for your screen's resolution).

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