Winamp Skins
Winamp was the skinning program that started it all. Originally
Winamp skins were very limited in what they could be. But WinAmp 5
supports both a free-form skinning format as well as the easy but
limited skinning format. Here are some of the highlights from last
year.
To use Winamp as your media player, you will need, of course,
Winamp.
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NeuroSKINS
Meridian was definitely one of the best looking Winamp skins we saw
last year. Taking full advantage of the Winamp 5 skinning engine, it’s
both highly usable and just looks great.[Download]
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883′s
Drone was possibly the best Winamp skin of 2006 that we saw on
WinCustomize.com. 883Design has been perfecting this design for quite
awhile but its final arrival was Summer of 2006.[Download]
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Tiggz’s
GT3 skin was ranked on our list as one of the best Winamp skins we saw
last year. Part of the GT3 skin series, it is a clean, bold look with a
high degree of functonality.[Download]
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In a
year with a lot of glass skins, GlassAMP from jeree01 one of the best we
saw combining the signature glass look with a high degree of usability.[Download]
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While
not as usable as the cleaner, simpler skins made by others, Skinister’s
self-named skin has a high degree of creativity and originality putting
it on our list.[Download]
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faris’s
Cell skin was another favorite for many users. With over 50 different
color styles and many different ways of using, Cell was easily one of
the top skins of 2006.[Download]
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Inter-Pol.info
AMP continued the trend of glass-styled skins. But unlike many skins,
this one was able to carry it out without it looking like a Vista clone.
An exceptional skin.[Download]
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Maybe we
were a little biased but the Heavy Equipment community project (which
delivered skins for dozens of programs) gets bonus points for letting
users have their entire UI have a consistent look (screenshot of complete suite here). But regardless, it’s still a great skin. Winamp skin from Elvee.[Download]
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MrV2K’s
Pebble skin has a great, polished design. Its usability to the user
depends on the user of course but we found this to be one of the better
Winamp skins we found this past year. [Download]
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Snowman’s
5imple Winamp skin takes a different route than most. It makes Winamp
into an almost iTunes-ish media player with a very simple and clean skin
based on the popular WindowBlinds skin.
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