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« Last post by superboyac on October 07, 2006, 05:11 PM »Cool, thanks mouser.
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Hi SuperDuperBoyac.
I have to say you've done an excellent job of pulling together your review from what was the longest forum thread I've ever been involved in. I haven't checked recently and wouldn't be surprised if it is still going.
I've been torn between being extremelly busy and having two short breaks this past month and have only just read your entire review. I'm also a bit behind in posting on my blog and want to mention your review asap.
A few comments..
- The Feature Matrix. Surfulater uses HTML Templates for all of its articles. These can be edited or new ones added. It is a little involved at present, but will become easier in future. I figure SUL should get a tick for its templates.
- In the next release (V1.99.0.0 out any day now) you can edit the Style Sheets and add new ones. Two are provided.
- Tags are planned
Thanks again for a job well done.-nevf (October 04, 2006, 06:37 AM)
superboyac: can you post some info on how you have configured foobar? I used to use winamp, but after realizing that I don't care about skins and don't use visualizations these days, I've switched to foobar. Default setup seems pretty okay to me, although I wouldn't mind albumart or somethingI'll attach a screenshot of something I've managed to muster together in the past few days by stealing from others' configurations. If you like it, I can send you the files to put it together, but there are a couple of minor steps involved. Here's the screenshot:-f0dder (September 27, 2006, 04:38 PM)
100 pages in that thread? Good god. Well, I looked through a few. Very little seemed particularly different or cool. I did like the album view in the playlist and the heirarchical media library (explorer-like). There was also mention of color coding in playlist as tracks end, for low bitrate files, etc. which seems novel but not really something I think I'd get much use out of.As far as saving full configs, I don't think you can do that. However, it seems like some of the components that make up the configuration have import options that you can use to import some aspects of the configuration. A lot of the files can be found in the forum. Also, many people post their scripting codes for the customizations they have made, which can be cut/pasted into the appropriate areas of your own preferences. So it's not a one step solution, but it's not that bad either. What's worse is trying to find anything in the forums.
My biggest question is whether you can easily save full configs. I mean let's say a "skin" or "template" or "config" consists of a layout, but the layout is dependent on several plugins I may not have. Can you easily package up all dependent files to share with others? I would imagine there's an easy way to share configs, but if it involves much more than equivalent Winamp skinning I can't say I'm inclined to fiddle with it. There just doesn't seem to be much real benefit.
Also of vital, vital importance to me: I'm sure it can read the Shoutcast directory, but does it have basically all the same online content as Winamp, like XM Radio? If not, no deal. Free streaming media rules.
- Oshyan-JavaJones (September 27, 2006, 07:56 PM)
So the question then is - if you don't have some crazy audio setup or automation needs or whatnot - what is the real advantage of Foobar? Why should I use this instead of say Winamp? Sure it's "lighter", but it seems a lot like the Opera vs. Firefox thing - in order to get all the Winamp functionality I'd want out of Foobar I'd have to use a bunch of plugins anyway, so it may not be so light anymore, and certainly is more difficult to setup. Opera and Winamp both work and have tons of functionality "out of the box".
I'm sure making converts of people isn't a priority with an app like that and I'm not asking for evangelism, but I do wonder sometimes if I'm missing something good.
- Oshyan-JavaJones (September 26, 2006, 09:53 PM)
The KMPlayer (not to be confused with the KDE "KMPlayer")Whoops! Looks like I did get it confused!
It's astounding this media player is not better known.It's not that surprising. If you don't make a program easy to install, how popular do you think it's going to be? Don't you think the average user just wants to double-click an install file, and then run the program?
I think CyberArticle deserves a place in the review, here is the link to the English version:I'll definitely include it in the next roundup.
http://www.wizissoft.com/-tslim (September 15, 2006, 01:05 PM)
If you use Persistent blocks text remains selected until you select another, hide the selection or delete the selected text. Otherwise, the selection will be automatically hidden when you move the cursor to another position, type some text, or insert some text from the Clipboard
First spamassassin tries to eliminate spamSylpheed-Clasws?! That is crazy! I have never heard of that.
Then my filters kick in, putting emails for/from mailing lists into their own folders, one per mailing list. These filters filter by recepient and sender, one filters by topic.
The rest stays in the top folder until I read and sort it. If I find I have to do this more than twice a week I try to write a filter.
I use Sylpheed-Clasws as email program-housetier (September 12, 2006, 01:21 PM)
superboyac needs a vacation.I agree!-mouser (September 12, 2006, 10:52 AM)
TexNotes was was nudone's query, not mine!-rjbull (September 12, 2006, 08:06 AM)
