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Re: Viewing a .wmv file



 --- Nathan E Norman <nnorman@incanus.net> escribió: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at
10:33:01PM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 22:08, Carl Fink wrote:
> > > I like the fact that the mplayer GUI (gmplayer) lets me see the length of
> > > the clip, and the volume control in gmplayer is the remarkably
> inappropriate
> > > dial.  Who turns a dial using a mouse?
> > 
> > You don't have to actually turn it... sliding from left to right (or
> > reverse) will do... And it's only a dial because of the theme... select
> > another theme and you'll have either a slider or maybe even +/- buttons
> 
> <humor>
> The dial must be a good idea; it's borrowed from Windows CD player!
> </humor>
> 
> Here we see another example of why blindly copying an existing UI may
> not be the best idea.
> 
<bad humor>
Oh yeah?  Well I happen to have one of those dial thingies on my Sanyo Stereo
(circa 1979) that my father gave me.  Looks like M$ copied it from them :-)
</bad humor>

-Roberto Sanchez


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