Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Further Details on WMP 10 from Paul Thurrott
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:10 AM
"Originally scheduled to be a minor upgrade to Windows Media Player 9 Series, Crescent has grown in scope. Now dubbed Windows Media Player 10, the software is a major release that addresses three major concerns. First is a refinement of the user interface to make it more streamlined and refined. The taskbar has been moved to a top-mounted row of clearly labeled, task-based navigation bar buttons ("Now Playing," "Library," "Rip," "Burn," "Sync," and "Guide"). Media information, like media name, artist name, and bit rate, has been moved from its hard-to-see location in the previous version to a more prominent location in the player's UI. And menus are off by default, giving the player a more streamlined look; more advanced users can still access all of the functionality of the player, however, by mousing over the menu area and enabling the menus on the fly"
Paul Thurrott has an excellent article highlighting some of the new features in WMP 10 - worth a read!
Paul Thurrott has an excellent article highlighting some of the new features in WMP 10 - worth a read!
