Gimme Some Skin And Make It Thin: Air Whisper MP3 Player Gets Updated

B ored with the way iTunes looks? Think Appleis MP3 player is a bit too think around the bits, or that it sucks up far too many CPU clock cycles? Kanex Group Inc. has released an update to Air Whisper, a light weight MP3 player that boasts a bunch of features. From the Kanex Group:

Today Kanex Group Inc. has released new version of the compact MP3 Player for Macintosh. Air Whisper 1.0.2 enables a high-quality playback and easy browsing through MP3 files, while takes less system resources than other MP3 players.

The new Air Whisper 1.0.2 contains several new and enhanced features, including:

  • Full support for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
  • Enhanced songs sorting
  • Improved international support

Air Whisper feature a new technology for skins creation, which fully utilizes Mac OS X imaging power. We called it ezFFS (easy free form skins), and it allows to create almost any skin imaginable. Some great skins are included with Air Whisper and more extra skins can be downloaded for free.

Created for Mac OS X, and at the same time supporting classic Mac OS, Air Whisper is instantly accessible floating on top of all other programs running. Also, Air Whisper place about two to three times less system load then other popular MP3 players for Mac.

Meet a new MP3 player for all Mac community. Just have a look at its features:

  • Carbonized to run on Mac OS X and Mac OS
  • Always on the top of the screen and ready for use
  • Skinnable interface, featuring easy free form skins
  • Easy creation of your own skin
  • Quick switch between recent albums
  • Very small and easy to use audio MP3 player
  • Hierarchical menu in the album list
  • Automatically album list collection
  • Sorting by Album, Artist or Folder name
  • Automatic album list update for new and deleted tracks
  • Disk/Folder selection by Drag & Drop
  • Keyboard commands for playing Tracks and volume adjustment
  • Positioning within the song while it is being played
  • CBR (Constant Bit Rate) & VBR (Variable Bit Rate) playback support
  • ID3 Tags support (v1.0, v1.1, v2.0, v2.2, v2.3, v2.4)
  • Long (up to 255 characters) MP3 ID tags and file names support
  • Multilingual ID3 Tags support

System requirements

  • Mac OS version 8.6 or later or Mac OS X 10.x
  • CarbonLib 1.5 or later installed
  • QuickTime 4.1 or later installed

Stop by the Kanex Group Inc. Web site for more information. Air Whisper is shareware priced at US$10, discounted from a price of US$19.