My favorite music player, Songbird, has just hit beta after being available as developer and preview releases. It's a free, open-source, cross-platform player built on Mozilla code. As a result, it's really customizable (with add-ons and skins--called feathers) like Firefox.After being a long term Winamp user (dabbling in WMP and iTunes, trying out Foobar2000 and Media Monkey), I've settled in on Songbird primarily because of its open-source nature and add-on system. Need a CoverFlow-like interface? Check (MediaFlow). Need to retrieve album art? Check (Album Art Manager). SHOUTcast streaming? Check (SHOUTcast Radio). Say What? (Lyrics plugin). And so on.
It's also tightly integrated with the Web, with tabbed browsing, searching, downloading from the web to your song library, and more.
My hat's off to PotI and the Songbird development community!
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thanks for the kind words! we're psyched to have you using songbird and look forward to hearing your feedback on ways we can continue to improve. :)
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