Re: OT: Now *That's* what I call a SMIDSY...

dwb wrote:

> Champ wrote:
> >
> > uh huh. After having to instal Quicktime, I'm not sure it was worth
> > the effort.
>
> I was thinking the other day that the whole Realplayer court case
> really was a pile of crap in terms of insisting they were losing
> market share to Media player - sure they probably were, but in no way
> is either Quicktime or Realplayer as simple or as efficient to use as
> WMP.
>
> In fact I absolutely abhor Realplayer - yet sites like the BBC of all
> places insist on it - it seems to fill my computer with various
> crappy processes doing nothing but try to chuck adverts on to my
> screen.
>
> WMP on the other hand, just plays the files.
>
> <shrug> no point to this post really.

IIRC clips played by WMP can launch browser sessions too, whilst you
watch the clips.

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