A bit more than a year after v5.5.2, here's my latest update. I did my best to focus on usability rather than looks, but also give it some personality. I also tried to incorporate elements from the feedback on previous versions: some made it in, some didn't and won't (round dial for volume) and some are still in the works, but not finished yet (auto downloading cover art). I removed the last.fm panels from previous versions (they were mostly eyecandy tbh), because I found the API to be "wonky" and replaced it with a search button.
Due to this site's policy, I can not include an .exe required for downloading artist images. This behaviour is turned off by default, but if you do want to use it the download location of the file and instalation instructions are included in the "readme" file (in the "Disclaimer" section).
Installation instructions, requirements, known issues, disclaimer, credits and distribution info are in the included PDF file.
Don't Like: Playlist is too slack and wasting space, toggle looks ugly - rather buttons, no album art playlist I like to see all my soundtracks together, I prefer darker themes as white themes is like looking at a light bulb on a monitor, the now playing info is a bit too slack for me. If the skin was darker, tightened up as it looks like loads of space is wasted and had an album view I would use it for sure. It's a good looking skin though, much better than the Br3tt's... j/k Br3tt
Regarding the darker skin: because it's DUI, it takes the borders between panels from the visualstyle of Windows: if I made it darker it would be crossed by light lines between dark panels, and since most people use a light or default VS, I decided to go with that.
I agree about NowPlaying: I made a compromise to fit two rows of text for long names; it might be changed in the near future.