I may never have mastered vim but in Winamp 2 I had Q (queue) and J (jump to & alt-Q queue) absolutely nailed. Even with my peasantlike 15k tracks I felt like a boss navigating around my collection-as-a-playlist in split-second bursts of keyboard scrabbling. Sadly these shortcuts didn't make it into Winamp 5. Ever since, it's always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower - doing the equivalent search/queue in Spotify or Apple Music might require the mouse and waiting for loading spinners.

[–] llii@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ever since, it’s always struck me how popular music player UIs have become slower

100 x the processing power, 10 x slower. Unfortunately that's where most software is heading.

[–] matogoro 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Have you tried QMMP? It's an awesome modern alternative

[–] Spudger 3 points 2 years ago

I'll second that for Linux. On Windows I used to use XMplay.

[–] JSkier 3 points 2 years ago

Audacious on *nix also supports Winamp skins and the classic player 👍

[–] lackthought 3 points 2 years ago

I used to put on my music and have MilkDrop go fullscreen

[–] natecox 1 points 2 years ago

Winamp can’t be retro, it only came out a couple of years ago!!

Man I feel old.

[–] kai@mesita.link 1 points 2 years ago

Back when software had personality lol

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