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To Peter:

- It seems that there is some information saved in the Windows registry (such as total time played). Could this be moved to the Foobar2000's configuration file in order to not bloat the system?

- Add tooltips in the toolbar buttons.

- Option to choose between MMX (P2), 3DNow (K6, K7) and SSE (P3, P4) optimized plugins.

- Add and auto-update helper application. This will check your Foobar2000 and your installed plugins versions and connect to the net to automatically update them as needed. It could also update a server counter like in WinAmp and so the user could see how many F2K installations there are.

- Include a help file in CHM format with the frequent questions asked in the forum (format strings, plugins, ...).

- Create a section in the site for downloading predefined format strings (a screenshot would be also helpful).


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To Case:

- Include a MessageBox in foo_null.dll showing the total time spent in order to easily benchmark.

- Statically link against libm.lib and avoid libmm.dll to avoid downloading this big DLL.

- Use UPX to compress your plugins such as in the official version.

The only thing I can find in the registry that's Foobar2000 related, other than the file associations, is the install path. Please enlighten me as to what registry path you refer to.

Toolbar buttons? Oh, you mean the cheap "buttons" hack? Have trouble remembering which symbol means which action? Sheesh, that crap annoyed me when I used to use Winamp, but I suppose it should be optional for those who want it. I have no idea how one goes about coding tooltips for MENUS though.

Peter does not compile ICL optimized plug-ins, nor does he endorse that often buggy compiler. I should also note that it does not automatically optimize for the 3DNow! instruction set, just Intel multimedia extensions.

Already rejected in the past.

Like Nullsoft's counter, there would be no accurate way to keep track of the number of installations. Their counter happens to include every time you reinstall, and every time you upgrade to a newer version.

Which would probably not stem the flow of new users who post questions without researching. Last I checked, Winamp only includes a list of all the hard-coded shortcut keys and the revision history.

The forum seems to be a decent system for collecting presets so far.

You find it easier to type the results from a MessageBox into a text editor? I find that hard to believe. How hard is it to open the console, select the results, copy (ctrl+c or context menu, your choice), paste?

...because you'd rather download larger plug-ins.