Seriously, the 20yr old design lasted so long because it works. It's not broken. VLC have finally fallen victim to the Flat UI-ers. R.I.P.
Go ahead and fork. One thing that has been shown time and time again is that silent majority who prefer the old UIs doesn't actually exist.
The VLC UI hasn't lasted for 20 years because it works. It has lasted for 20 years because people have focused on other things, and the reason it's popular is that underneath it's a damn frigging awesome piece of software and one of the few that doesn't rely on OS codecs.
I too use it. When I'm forced to because players with better UIs don't work.
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Seriously, the 20yr old design lasted so long because it works. It's not broken. VLC have finally fallen victim to the Flat UI-ers. R.I.P.
Go ahead and fork. One thing that has been shown time and time again is that silent majority who prefer the old UIs doesn't actually exist.
The VLC UI hasn't lasted for 20 years because it works. It has lasted for 20 years because people have focused on other things, and the reason it's popular is that underneath it's a damn frigging awesome piece of software and one of the few that doesn't rely on OS codecs.
I too use it. When I'm forced to because players with better UIs don't work.
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One thing that has been shown time and time again is that silent majority who prefer the old UIs doesn't actually exist.
You may be right. I'm very vocal. I probably exist.
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It's not that you're vocal, or silent, it's that you are actually a minority.