Photos: Sneak peek at Windows Media Player 11 for Vista

By CNET.com.au on 28 February 2006

Tags: 11 | audio | gallery | image | jukebox | ms | music | photo | player | video | vista | windows

At CES 2006, we saw a demo of Windows Media Player 11, which boasts a cleaner and more logical design as well as snappier performance. Check out screenshots from the latest build of WMP 11 for Vista. Microsoft plans to release a Windows XP version as well, probably sooner than the Vista version.

Photos:
A new look and feel
Microsoft has taken the success of iTunes to heart with a simpler, cleaner interface. Gone is much of version 10's clutter. Each media type now has its own customisable view (see pull-down on upper-left corner). Everything from the icons to the Areo effect of the desktop showing through the interface gives WMP 11 a decidedly modern look and feel. Also notice the media mall, currently showing Musicmatch.

Read our First Take of Windows Media Player 11.

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Anonymous
20/03/2006 11:41 AM

Will it play .ogg or .flac?

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vystral
11/04/2006 09:37 AM

will it play ogg or flac? ha, probably not if history repeats itself...

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krishnamurthy_allagari@yahoo.co.in
14/07/2007 02:05 AM

i need new software and its latest news be sent to me regularly

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