The popularity of Winamp spawned a whole ecosystem of skins and plugins, including some incredible visualization plugins such as those made by Ryan Geiss: Geiss and Milkdrop. It’s changed since then, so I’m not if it is still any good. Small, simple, extensible and (at least in the beginning) without bloat. ![]() For those of you who are not old enough to remember, Winamp was basically the perfect audio player. To enjoy the sweet sounds of Fatboy Slim, Beatie Boys and Eagle Eye Cherry, I of course used Winamp. With the help of Napster and Limewire, I was building up my illicit mp3 collection. ![]() ![]() If you are interested in my ramblings on the background and future direction of this project, read on… Origins If you are not using Windows and know how to, feel free to have a go at building from source and send me feedback so I can update the docs. ![]() If you want to check out the project itself, go to the SKQW website. It is currently in alpha and a compiled binary only exists for Windows, but I’m hoping that - if there is interest - I can push the project forward and improve stability, features and of course bring full support to Mac OS X and Linux.
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