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by toast0 1550 days ago
Also, if you had the misfortune of running the software on Windows, it insisted on trying to look like a mac. In it's meager defense, almost all media players tried to look non-native at the time.
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Skinning media players was one of the ways I got into graphic design (and became a software developer as a result). It was a ton of fun as a kid! I wonder if kids these days have anything like it. You sure can’t skin Spotify or Apple Music.
You can actually skin Spotify! I used to run a different spotify theme through Spicetify. I think its CSS based.
Infamously QuickTime player didn't even look like the Mac on the Mac itself. http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/qtime.html