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Apps I am looking forward to: Songbird

At first it only looked like a black iTunes, but Songbird is really looking interesting. All I have to go on are the screenshots and this post at TechCrunch, but I am eagerly awaiting the December public beta to see what's under the hood. Since it is XUL based and more open than iTunes, expect a large number of plug-ins and extensions to really do some wild new things in the frustratingly stagnant world of media players. Seriously, I've been trying to get rid of Winamp and iTunes for years, but nothing has even mildly impressed me (foobar was close, but I don't have weeks to spend fiddling with software to make it work like I want it to). At this point, Songbird has a very low bar to clear to become the best of breed media player.

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Posted by Mark Allen on Tuesday, November 29, 2005

7 Comments »

  1. Props to the It-Getters

    Thanks to Asa Dosler and Michael Arrington for noticing Songbird.
    I particularly appreciate the comment from Mike Rundle on TechCrunch:

    Screw Web 2.0, XUL moves us straight into the Web 3.0 that technologists like you and I that get it are really

    Trackback by Songbirdnest.com — November 29, 2005 @ 4:53 pm

  2. [...] What others have to say about Songbird: “At first it only looked like a black iTunes…it is XUL based and more open than iTunes, expect a large number of plug-ins and extensions to really do some wild new things in the frustratingly stagnant world of media players.” -Studio Moustache “Screw Web 2.0, XUL moves us straight into the Web 3.0 that technologists like you and I that “get it” are really looking forward to ” -Mike Rundle on TechCrunch [...]

    Pingback by Songbird 0.1 Proof-of-Concept at JaypeeOnline — May 18, 2006 @ 12:21 pm

  3. [...] This is probably one of the coolest little applications I’ve seen in a long time. Songbird is an open source music player built on the Firefox platform. It’s pretty advanced for such a young concept (version 0.1 as I write this) and has a lot of people very impressed. It’s kinda like iTunes, but open to the whole web. Ooooh, the possibilities… [...]

    Pingback by A Group / Apart » To Download A Songbird — May 31, 2006 @ 3:24 pm

  4. 0.1 and the soon to be 0.2 do no justice to what the Songbird player may become when it achieves full version status.

    Comment by Kamisamanou Burgess — July 21, 2006 @ 4:26 pm

  5. Songbird is something we've been waiting for.
    And that's exactly what I'll keep doing, waiting.
    I'll be waiting until Songbird gives us a graphical equalizer, for without it, it can't even be considered a serious media player.

    Comment by Thomas Heird — September 28, 2006 @ 8:55 am

  6. [...] to really do some wild new things in the frustratingly stagnant world of media players.” -Studio Moustache “Screw Web 2.0, XUL moves us straight into the Web 3.0 that technologists like you and I that [...]

    Pingback by Songbird 0.1 Proof-of-Concept : JaypeeOnline | Blogging News & Reviews — June 24, 2007 @ 12:57 pm

  7. [...] this comment from StudioMoustache: At first it only looked like a black iTunes, but Songbird is really looking interesting. All I [...]

    Pingback by Songbird Blog » Props to the It-Getters — June 19, 2008 @ 4:12 pm

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