NicePlayer - what the Quicktime player oughta be

Long time Mac users complain that the Finder is antiquated, and sorely needs to be refreshed. Luckily, it looks like they're going to get their wish in the upcoming Leopard release. However, there's another basic Mac application that needs some attention: the Quicktime player.

Admittedly, Apple has finally left the dark ages by allowing the free version of Quicktime to actually display full-screen movies. Yeesh, it took them forever to get around to that. But honestly, it's just not good enough.

To see what we're talking about, download the free NicePlayer. NicePlayer is effectively Quicktime with a modern user interface, but it offers a few extra benefits, like an extensible plug-in architecture. You can feed all of your video playing needs through NicePlayer, and after using it for a little while, we can only ask "why wouldn't you?".

Tags: Apple, freeware, Nice Player, NicePlayer, Quicktime