Sometimes it's just good ol' plain fun to obtain something you don't really need. Such is the case with AxelCD. Sure, the default Windows CD player is adequate. Stick in a CD and...well...it plays. You can jump to the next track, repeat a track, and maybe a couple of other tricks. However, like that boy/girl with the nice personality who sat next to you in geometry--it ain't much of a looker.

When you hold your cursor over a button, it gradually glows like an ember in a fire. This makes AxelCD unique

Enter AxelCD. It's tiny with a pretty face. In addition to the usual features (e.g., time elapsed/time left, pause, repeat, next track, random play, etc.), AxelCD presents numbered buttons for each track on your CD. This makes it easy to jump to a favorite song. You can also minimize the program to the tray, keep the player "on top" of all other windows, automatically connect to the author's web site and click on a button to open/close your CDRom drawer.

The program options and other miscellaneous information are superimposed in translucent fashion over the program's interface.

However, it's some of the little touches that makes AxelCD unique. When you hold your cursor over a button, it gradually glows like an ember in a fire. Also, as shown above, the program options and other miscellaneous information are superimposed in translucent fashion over the program's interface. Although program operation is pretty intuitive, a Help file is included.