On 17/03/2012 02:59, James wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:06:48 -0700, Martin G <ebisumartin gmail com> wrote: > >> I'm not expecting any major solutions, but where else can I express >> what is basically just sadness that after 7 or 8 years, Ubuntu still >> doesn't have a music application that is as reliable as maybe as many >> as a dozen, or more, options for other operating systems. > > Just a thought here, but why should Banshee, or any other application, > be exclusively for Ubuntu, or FTM exclsively for KDE/Gnome? I don't > use Ubuntu, and it's unlikely that I ever will. Likewise, I don't use > KDE or Gnome (which at least has the GTK libs so I can run their apps > apart from their desktop), By restricting development to particular > platforms, aren't you drastically limiting the pool of potential > developers? Are you sure you're not misreading this? In no case did I see development restricted to any particular platform. From that quote, I see that Martin G. uses Ubuntu, and as such restricts his comments to Ubuntu. I see nothing wrong with that. >> I don't like Banshee because: >> It does not reliably load streaming internet audio. (Some links do not >> work, some take several tries to load) >> No crossfading >> It does not come with sets of pre-bookmarked internet radio streams > > Whereas I can't imagine any circumstance in which I'd want to access > an internet radio stream. We all scratch where we itch :-) Banshee does not tailor itself only for your use-case. There are many other users who listen to internet radio streams, and Banshee should cater for them as well. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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