TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 This is only slightly off topic so I hope I can get away with it. Does anyone use winamp on android? I can't for the life of me work out how to get it to play songs randomly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I use Winamp for Android. It's why I use Winamp on PC. To do shuffle just hit the shuffle button. that 123 icon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 (edited) mine doesn't look anything like that... the album art takes up the whole section so there is the picture the timeline bar and then the play buttons. and there isn't a preferences/settings menu either. edit: you can tap on the album art to bring up the shuffle and repeat buttons. I can't say I find that very intuitive or the best way to do it. Mind you I just downloaded the desktop player and that is completely ridiculous too. so many frames it just looks so uninviting. Edited March 26, 2011 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Yeah WinAmp on PC does look like it requires a degree to run it, but it's pretty cool once you get into the guys of it. Most of the useful stuff is in the right click menu. btw does yours look like this: Cos I saw this when finding the other screenshot, thought it was just someones mock up of how they think it should look. I can't see any setting in the app to make it look like that (or go back to normal) edit: and reading the article this image came from, dated 14th March, and looking at my version of Winamp... turns out it got an update. If you want I can see about backing up my version and sending it to you? It's kinda shit cos as I mentioned Winamp really stuggles to find album art (and for some reason even when it has it it rarely syncs it across), so most of my album art is a grey camel. I'd prefer to scrap it altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 yeah that's what mine looks like. That's a kind offer but now I worked out how to get random play I'm happy. I still think that tapping the album art should bring up something to do with the track playing not player controls, but hey ho. Also it's kind of funny how the app is oversimplified but the desktop version looks overcomplicated! Not much unity in design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 The desktop one is customizable. You don't have to use everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I don't like to load something up for the first time and think '...where do I start?'. If it's customisable then it should start out simple and you can enable more features if and when you want them. As it is I am barely tempted to give it a try. It's lacking 'curb appeal' to borrow a phrase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I'd not really thought on it before (and I don't tend to have an issue with "scary" interfaces) but Gerbil has a point. Just put in the basic features so when you boot it up it's not as imposing. Then hint to and nudge folks to the more feature rich parts of it. The preferences section does let you turn stuff on and off, it's probably be easier to make it so you turn things on you need than disable the things you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Winamp certainly comes from a time when such a thing wasn't considered. I don't use it personally but back then I thought it was awesome because you could change it around (much like I was really into theming XP). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 i have winamp on my phone, rarely use it because I don't have much music on my phone. That's what pandora / last.fm is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Or audiogalaxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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