I tend to prefer to lurk - I think Uhyve has it right: a vocal minority whinge and complain, but most of us are really grateful for the time and effort you put in dCisco; we just don't feel the need to speak up since everything is going fine from our perspective!

Those people complaining: go download some other media player. This isn't the only option. Yeah, we all think this is going to be head and shoulders better than anything else out there, but if you can't wait, just bloody well piss off.

A couple of people have said "oh, he's doing it for recognition, that's bad" - no, actually it's perfectly fine. THere's nothing wrong with pouring your heart and soul into a project and hoping people use it and say "wow. this is amazing. That guy... he's made something awesome." dCisco is already being more generous than you have a right to ask for: he gives up his personal time for a project we will all enjoy, time that could be spent playing with his kids (or - if he has none - making them!), earning money, etc etc. Not only that but he's said he'll make the source code available when he releases it so the project can live on if he moves on to other things. What right do you have to complain? It's his time, his work, and - legally speaking - his IP.

So stop being so bloody selfish about it. He's making damn good progress, and he's being very generous as it is.

Or to put it another way, most of us are really grateful for the time and effort dCisco puts in, the rest of you: put up or shut up.

/rant