RV wrote:
>>
> Again, people who are used to IE interface will be baised for IE because
> thay can do things the way they are used to. They don't have to look for
> things and functions in different menus. People think that producing a
> stable browser that can display pages correctly will make people switch
> browsers. I think that's wishful thinking. People will switch if they
> find other things in the browser that are unique to it and attractive. I
> think skins/themes could be just that. Have you noticed hoe many skins
> there are for Winamp, many of them so esoteric I don't understand how
> some "kids" used them .. yet they do. Personalizing thne browser
> inteface could be the key to a more unique browser. I have students that
> go an check Netscape site looking to see if the Toy Factory skin is
> available already.
This is definitely quite true. I never liked Winamp. I honestly think
it sucks. I love Sonique, and it's awesome interface. However, Sonique
doesn't support skinning, Winamp does. Winamp probably has two or three
times the market share as Sonique, even though I think sonique is just a
better designed product. It uses less CPU cycles, has never given me
any problems, never crashes, etc. But it doesn't have any of the
following Winamp does. The only thing I can think is that the skins can
play a small but significant difference in that.
If skins can win over just a small amount of people, those people will
win more. My little brother used Winamp. I found Sonique and liked it.
I told him to try Sonique. He didn't like it. But I kept talking
about how awesome the interface was, and how much I liked it, and now if
you check his hard drive you'll find Sonique.exe and no Winamp.exe.
Word of mouth is your best friend
