Windows Media Player | Vista [top]

Instead of simple text lists, users could browse their music through a "stacked" visual representation of album art.

WMP 11 on Vista was technically superior to QuickTime 7 and RealPlayer of the era, but its rigid DRM and reliance on Windows Search made it feel slower and more authoritarian than its XP predecessor. It was the last version of WMP that felt like a "project" rather than an abandoned app. windows media player vista