Kiwi

FAQ

How will I get by without a menu/toolbar?

Try it. It's easier this way.

Several of our friends balked when they first saw Kiwi. "But," they said, "none of the features I use are there! I can't use this software!"

Oh, but the features are there (or will be). Your goal is to listen to music and organize your collection; Kiwi understand this and doesn't make you do everything manually. There's no need to explicitly load or save your data or playlists, for example.

If you're really having trouble getting around inside Kiwi, remember these simple rules:

1. If you want to affect something, right-click it. To rename or remove a playlist, for example, right-click it.
2. If you want to manipulate something, try drag-and-drop. Dragging songs onto an existing playlist adds them; dragging songs into the playlist box itself creates a new playlist. You can even drag music files into Kiwi from other applications.

Oh, and those friends of ours? They've fallen in love with the Kiwi way of doing things.

Does Linux/FreeBSD/KDE need another media player?

Well, we obviously think so. Kiwi has a different aim than most other open-source music players: Kiwi helps you bring your music collection together, organized and accessible. It aims to make creating mixes and playlists fast, easy, and fun, without making you worry about the details. (What directory did I save that playlist in? What extension is required? Which format should I use?)