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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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