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foobar2000 0.9.5 and Windows 2000?
Cryton
post Oct 20 2007, 19:42
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Could someone give me a technical explaination as to why Windows 2000 is no longer supported? Maybe this great app should be renamed to FoobarXP wink.gif

(What is going to happen to us win2k users now? I presume there won't be two branches maintained, one that will work on win2k and one more 'fancy pants' one. Are we left by the roadside?)
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vasya_pupkin
post Oct 25 2007, 07:25
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I have a question... Will I be able to make future foobar2000 versions look like this?


And one more question. Which component requires Windows XP now? Is it just new UI or core itself? I hope it's UI because I don't need it anyway, but would like to continue using foobar2000 on Windows 2000.
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post Oct 26 2007, 14:43
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QUOTE (vasya_pupkin @ Oct 25 2007, 02:25) *
And one more question. Which component requires Windows XP now? Is it just new UI or core itself? I hope it's UI because I don't need it anyway, but would like to continue using foobar2000 on Windows 2000.

I am also wondering this. I was under the impression that Win2000 and WinXP were similar enough that little effort was required to make a program compatible for both. Of course, I don't know about FooBar2000's special case. And this lesser compatibility doesn't even affect me, since I really only use XP. So really, I am just curious.

I am looking forward to messing around with 0.9.5 when it comes out of beta. Easier configuration and fewer external plug-ins equals good to me.

If the developers care to know, I was a long-time Winamp user. I once tried FooBar2000 0.8.*, but found it too hard / too much to configure, and I was still familiar with Winamp. However, it seems that Winamp continues to bloat with features with each new release. Also, looking at the changelog for each release, there seems to be a lot of security issues with it. I'm guessing that the cause of some of Winamp's problems are from a very large codebase, with possibly some very old code in it. I also don't like programs that are skinned by default and/or you can't turn off the skin. I prefer just plain-jane Windows API GUIs. Thank you for providing a simple, functional, lean, yet powerful audio playback program.
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- Cryton   foobar2000 0.9.5 and Windows 2000?   Oct 20 2007, 19:42
- - Squeller   foobar2000 0.95 and Windows 2000 - What kind of pr...   Oct 20 2007, 21:06
- - David Nordin   QUOTE (Cryton @ Oct 20 2007, 20:42) (What...   Oct 21 2007, 08:39
- - Melchior   First of I love this program, I have been able to ...   Oct 22 2007, 02:07
- - radorn   It won't run on win2k anymore? so cruel I g...   Oct 22 2007, 12:13
- - Corelian   I would also like to know the reason(s) for droppi...   Oct 23 2007, 12:10
|- - Egor   QUOTE (Corelian @ Oct 23 2007, 18:10) I w...   Oct 23 2007, 12:40
|- - Corelian   QUOTE (Egor @ Oct 23 2007, 13:40) Limited...   Oct 23 2007, 17:21
- - molnart   I'm rather interested what do i need to instal...   Oct 24 2007, 07:07
|- - Egor   QUOTE (molnart @ Oct 24 2007, 13:07) I...   Oct 24 2007, 07:43
- - reil   one possible reason i'm guessing is that fooba...   Oct 24 2007, 07:33
- - vasya_pupkin   I have a question... Will I be able to make future...   Oct 25 2007, 07:25
|- - Jipcy   QUOTE (vasya_pupkin @ Oct 25 2007, 02:25)...   Oct 26 2007, 14:43
- - radorn   Let us hope for a charitative soul (or an interest...   Oct 25 2007, 10:48
- - shakey_snake   A Win2k version is probably as likely as Linux and...   Oct 25 2007, 21:18
|- - Early   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 25 2007, 14:18)...   Oct 26 2007, 01:44
||- - Slotos   QUOTE (Early @ Oct 26 2007, 03:44) I migh...   Oct 26 2007, 04:05
|- - Egor   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 26 2007, 03:18)...   Oct 26 2007, 04:48
|- - shakey_snake   QUOTE (Egor @ Oct 25 2007, 23:48) QUOTE (...   Oct 26 2007, 20:36
|- - Egor   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 27 2007, 02:36)...   Oct 26 2007, 20:54
- - Lyx   When an application drops OS support, then it typi...   Oct 25 2007, 21:40
|- - Squeller   QUOTE (Lyx @ Oct 25 2007, 22:40) When an ...   Oct 26 2007, 18:39
|- - molnart   QUOTE (Lyx @ Oct 25 2007, 22:40) Last tim...   Oct 26 2007, 19:37
|- - Slotos   QUOTE (molnart @ Oct 26 2007, 21:37) 1) I...   Oct 26 2007, 20:37
- - shakey_snake   QUOTE It is easy to say this if you can afford a n...   Oct 25 2007, 22:37
- - thuan   Experiences and preferences with OSs differs from ...   Oct 26 2007, 07:28
- - chaosblade   I've seen quite a few applications that do not...   Oct 26 2007, 19:50
- - shakey_snake   ...who should upgrade. Please don't partial...   Oct 26 2007, 21:06
|- - Canar   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 26 2007, 13:06)...   Oct 26 2007, 21:15
|- - Mike Giacomelli   QUOTE (Canar @ Oct 26 2007, 13:15) QUOTE ...   Oct 27 2007, 00:06
- - Lyx   If someone really wants a justification for someth...   Oct 26 2007, 21:16
- - bubbleguuum   The funny thing is that fb 0.95 worls under Linux ...   Oct 26 2007, 21:49
- - chaosblade   Wine 'emulates' the needed parts in XP, Pr...   Oct 26 2007, 22:05
|- - bubbleguuum   QUOTE (chaosblade @ Oct 26 2007, 23:05) W...   Oct 26 2007, 22:22
|- - Zao   QUOTE (bubbleguuum @ Oct 26 2007, 23:22) ...   Oct 26 2007, 22:31
|- - Slotos   QUOTE (bubbleguuum @ Oct 27 2007, 00:22) ...   Oct 27 2007, 02:48
|- - TrNSZ   QUOTE (Slotos @ Oct 26 2007, 21:48) QUOTE...   Oct 27 2007, 03:37
|- - Egor   QUOTE (Mike Giacomelli @ Oct 27 2007, 06...   Oct 27 2007, 09:54
|- - user   I think not mentioned yet: Though I can generally...   Oct 27 2007, 10:30
|- - Slotos   QUOTE (Egor @ Oct 27 2007, 11:54) I belie...   Oct 27 2007, 15:51
- - Zao   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 26 2007, 22:06)...   Oct 26 2007, 22:20
- - FrozenSpoon   The actual dependencies on XP-only features seems ...   Oct 27 2007, 01:05
- - chaosblade   No one should encourage people to use outdated sof...   Oct 27 2007, 11:19
- - aliendesaster   Don't touch a running system. Even if microsof...   Oct 27 2007, 11:46
|- - joen   The comparison with older versions of Windows like...   Oct 27 2007, 12:26
- - chaosblade   Comparing the code base of Windows 2000, XP and Vi...   Oct 27 2007, 13:09
- - DocBeard   I don't use Windows 2000 (in fact, I don't...   Oct 27 2007, 15:01
- - Peter   Windows 2000 support is gone because maintaining i...   Oct 27 2007, 20:09

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