Re: turning of winamp equalizer

  • From: "Marty Rimpau" <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:47:08 -0700

Hi, Budd, pressing the letter n should turn on and off the equalizer,
but I never use it anyway, so, if settings are altered, I don't know
how to return the settings to their default states, maybe the faq
addresses this.  
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:52:53 -0500, Chris Skarstad wrote:

>Hi Bud
>It was my thought that the keyboard shortcuts had been updated to reflect 
>the most current version.  Looking a little more closely at the page I can 
>see that there doesn't appear to be anything in there about the library and 
>some of the newer stuff. Perhaps we should place a note to that effect on 
>the list's website in our next update.  You're correct that the list is 
>here to help. But really, think about it for a second. with all these 
>resources out there like the great little tutorial on the ACB Radio 
>website, the myriad of information found in the about box in the Winamp 
>program itself, not to mention the very well documented keyboard support 
>added into JAWS, surely you can understand why I would want people to check 
>out those particular resources. While you're looking for the answer to one 
>question, you may have others answered that you didn't know you had. I've 
>also written up the FAQ for that very reason. People get sick of hearing 
>the same damn questions asked over and over.  On regular newsgroups, when 
>someone asks a question that is considered to be very simple and is well 
>documented elsewhere, people are kindly, and sometimes, not so kindly told 
>to read the FAQ. Sometimes the term RTFM is used, I think you can probably 
>guess what that stands for smile.  So in a sense that's what I would like 
>for you and anyone else to do   *before* you ask a question, please consult 
>these other resources first. then if the information isn't there, that's 
>when  you ask the list for help. We wouldn't have spent all that time 
>creating the website, searching out sources of documentation and I wouldn't 
>have spent 2 hours writing up the FAQ, which by the way will be posted to 
>this list on the first of every month should anyone be curious about 
>that.  Also on the next update of the list's website I'll place a link to 
>the FAQ so that it's a little easier to get to.  Some people reported not 
>being able to access it very easily.  Anyways, that's the idea.  It just 
>answers the very simple questions in other places so we don't have to read 
>the same damn questions over and over.
>
>
>
>
>
>At 08:33 PM 8/29/2004, you wrote:
>>hi chris,
>>i've been to that list, and found that it was written several years
>>ago.  winamp has undergone many significant changes in that time.  if we
>>are expected to do an internet search to get just a very simple question
>>answered, then is it too much to hope that the references you want us to
>>use are kept up to date?
>>my understandings of these lists is to be courteous while asking for and
>>receiving help.  instead of having to go to a totally unrelated web site,
>>doesn't it make sense that a winamp list could be used to ask a very simple
>>winamp question?At 08:11 AM 08/30/2004, you wrote:
>> >Hi Bud
>> >Please go to:
>> >http://www.accesstechnologyinstitute.com/reference/refcards/winamp.htm
>> >and read that page.
>> >Come on folks, before you write the list, please read the documentation! I
>> >can't stress this enough.
>> >Many apologies if my message sounds a bit turse, but that information is
>> >very well documented not only on the webpage I referenced, but also from
>> >within the Winamp program itself, and if you use JAWS, press insert plus h
>> >or insert plus w and you'll get a list of hotkeys there as well. In other
>> >words, I'm very nicely telling you guys to do some research for yourselves
>> >and please try not to bother the list with really simple newby type
>> >questions where the answers are like in 6 different places.
>> >That's why we created the FAQ and frequently reference these sources of 
>> help.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >At 05:59 PM 8/29/2004, you wrote:
>> > >this is the second request.  could someone remind me how to turn off the
>> > >winamp equalizer?
>> > >thanks.
>> > >
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