After I sketched out the basic look I wanted my skin to take on, 'puzzles' before completing the picture, and each piece has many differentĬomponents. So in actuality, you have to build three complete The Winamp app is actually split into 3 GUI's: the main window, Mind before I start anything, whether it be web design, songwriting, or home I find that just about everything is easier if I sketch out what I have in Well, it took me more than a few hours, but in the end Seeing as I had a few hours to kill, I of course went for the 'roll Process, but you'll get the 'I built this myself' feeling of prideĪt the end. On the other hand, you have a labor and time intensive Way to get a custom skin-but there isn't much artistic redeeming quality in On the one hand, you have a quick and easy

There were two ways I could goĪbout it: Try out one of the many skinning tool programs To try my own hand at making a personal skin. Variety of different looks is impressive, take a look at the variety available Of skins did not go unnoticed by many, as we're seeing skins become a featuredĬomponent in Windows Media Player 7, QuickTime 5, and the Mozilla browser.

One thing that may go unnoticed is that they alsoĬhanged the way we looked at our user interfaces, allowing those outside theĬompany to develop their own skins and share them with the world. Winamp could lay claim to the fact that they helped launch the online music