ITunes Killer? called Songbird
Some people are claiming that it will be the Itunes killer. I hold no opinion cause I like my spot on the fence. But for those media g33ks out there, youll be glad to know there is a new free player out there with some pretty cool features. Remember its a 0.1 alpha realease. Seems everybodies doing it these days.
Truth be told the technology used is cool in its self. XUL using the Firefox framework…. Havent seen alot of this but its all very interesting.
Check out Songbird and download for free at http://www.songbirdnest.com/. For another example of XUL I found this link when viewed in Firefox is pretty cool, Not sure what it is but hey.
It may sparkle in the light for a while then fade away or it may flash past the competition hehehe Who knows
i downloaded songbird and don\’t quite get it. i see a browser with a bunch of preset music pages and a streaming music player. and it\’s pretty ugly, imho, and seemed pretty slow. it may be built on cool technology, but i\’m not sure what it\’s supposed to do for me.
itunes killer is prolly a stretch. Music player giving the middle finger to Apple, Real and MS is prolly more appropriate. I think the point of Songbird is to \\\’do\\\’ all the things that have (version by version), been ripped out of the more commercial music players for the sake of DRM and forcing the user to use their products to buy/play their formats. I think the built in ability to buy, find or even trade music through the program is excellent.
That XUL Amazon search thing is pretty cool. Not exactly pretty, but still cool.
[It may sparkle in the light for a while then fade away or it may flash past the competition hehehe Who knows ]
I like this..haha..wonder if it will be FLEXible enough to have more features in the future, or Will be Popular in the Future?
Songbird could be the one to out do itunes but i heard they will be offering free downloads by watching a 60 second commercial. I also heard myspace will be allowing downloads and members will be able to charge what they like.