SongBird – The new Mozilla revolution
Posted by Martin Perron on Jun 11, 2008 in Software Reviews • 3 commentsSongBird is the name of the new Mozilla fondation application that will be available soon (I hope) for a stable release.
The version available now is the 0.5. The version i tested was the 0.6 rc3. The application is still unstable and can crash but it is very nice.
- You can add and create addons
- skins (named Feathers on that application)
- Listen to web radio
- iTunes and iPod compatible
- Other MTP devices
- Tabbed browsing for Library and playlists (including firefox browsing)
The addons I tried are:
MashTAPES is a very nice addon that let you know about concerts events of the band that play, picture from Flikr, youtube videos, Artist bio and Lyrics
Now Playing addon and Album Cover addon.
You should really download and try version 0.6 rc3
Here a screenshot (with the Zune like skin):
Songbird is developed by a band of experienced, dedicated software developers and designers called the Pioneers of the Inevitable. Our previous hatchlings include Winamp and the Yahoo! Music Engine.
We support the Mozilla Foundation’s mission to preserve innovation and choice on the Internet.
Our mission is to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web. To this end, our investors include one of the top Silicon Valley venture capital firms.
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Nice! Enfin un media player à la hauteur d’Amarok!
Yes! Et vu que c’est de la Mozilla Fondation, gageons qu’il va avoir un hype pour ce logiciel dans les 2 prochaines années! Fuck iTunes!
Thanks for the shout out. We’re dedicating large portions of our releases to increasing stability, performance and usability. If you want to get involved, check out developer.songbirdnest.com. We’re always looking to extend capabilities with cool add-ons and welcome help refining our core.
Best,
Ethan