Re: We want our radio tuner back!, and other things WMP10 is messed up on...

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From: Chris Lanier [MVP] (cal2002a_at_hotmail.NOSPAM.com)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:12:22 -0500

The interface is personal, you may not like it, other might. That's why we
have skins. There will never be a single interface that everyone likes.
That's not a step backward for me. (Actually using WMP 9 on my laptop I find
it harder to find what I'm looking for me, switch to my desktop and I know
where it should be. To me the 9 style was not that great)

Radio Tuner is another personal thing. I never use the thing, putting the
link in the Media Guide (It has always been their anyway) is not a big deal
for me. No stream has decent quality, none. Not free or pay.

The streaming quality should not improve, the reason for it. 9 Series would
have been the big package for that, there was also no claim of it being
better in WMP 10.

9 was already low, 10 knocked it up, then brought it down at the same time.
The main problem with the things you big up is that they are personal
opinion style things. You failed to bring up any of the real problems with
WMP 10 (And there are tons of them)

Submitting a complaint in your case would not be anything worth while as
your two main problems are not bugs or anything, you just don't like the
look. While your suggestion could be taken, it is very much overweighed by
others. 

-- 
Chris Lanier  - http://www.msmvps.com/chrisl/
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"BizSAR" <bizsar@NOSPAMexcite.com> wrote in message 
news:OxtA6vWuEHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> OK, I swear by most MS products (much to the chagrin of my peers) and am a 
> very loyal customer...have been for many, many years, but what was MS 
> thinking when they designed WMP10?! The interface is actually *less* user 
> friendly. It's really not any cleaner, and I don't really see any 
> advantages to using it over WMP9. Why were we forced to take a step 
> backwards in functionality with this less usable media player?
>
> The radio tuner: Again, what in the heck were the folks at MS thinking?! 
> Instead of a tab, now we have to go to the Media Guide and click on a very 
> small "link". What flawed logic thought THAT up?! What is the advantage to 
> doing it that way? You've made a "radio" button, but the only purpose it 
> serves is to force us to either listen to very few crappy-sounding MSN 
> Radio "chosen stations" or pay for the privilege of hearing any radio 
> stream with half-decent sound quality.
>
> Overall, I see NO improvement with WMP10. Even the sound and streaming 
> quality hasn't improved over WMP9. If you wanted to give us a supposed 
> "streamlined" interface (which seems to be the only change, other than 
> support for devices that was really there the whole time), then why didn't 
> you offer a skin for WMP9? I'm sure you wouldn't have had many takers.
>
> This is not to say the other media players are any better, but since, in 
> my opinion, WMP9 was the best player out there, MS seems to have LOWERED 
> the bar on media players.
>
> I never thought I'd say the above about a MS product, but I'm disappointed 
> in their so-called "enhancements" to the media player.
>
> Is there anywhere we can submit a formal complaint and/or suggestion?
>
> -- 
> ~BizSAR
>

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