Comments on: Lord of the Birds…Songbird http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/ The Business of Technology Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: mig http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-806227 mig Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:50:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-806227 <p>Here's an example of a Feather for Songbird that isn't "All iTunesish"</p> <p>http://addons.songbirdnest.com/extensions/detail/107 http://s3.amazonaws.com/addon-screenshots.songbirdnest.com/public/screenshots/117/jumpto.png</p> <p>Eventually we'll be as fully skinnable as Winamp5. And since XUL is essentially a modified HTML, leaning heavily on CSS, we really hope developers will move over from the web-space into making application skins for Songbird.</p> <p>(oh, yea, I work for them too)</p> Here’s an example of a Feather for Songbird that isn’t “All iTunesish”

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Eventually we’ll be as fully skinnable as Winamp5. And since XUL is essentially a modified HTML, leaning heavily on CSS, we really hope developers will move over from the web-space into making application skins for Songbird.

(oh, yea, I work for them too)

]]> By: Stephen Lau http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-769036 Stephen Lau Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:41:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-769036 <p>(full disclosure: I work for Songbird, should have mentioned that up above)</p> <p>Matt: One of the powers of Songbird is it's completely skinnable layout and look and feel. Example: http://www.songbirdnest.com/node/2367 (look at the last screenshot), that's a complete Feather that completely changes the look and feel of Songbird.</p> (full disclosure: I work for Songbird, should have mentioned that up above)

Matt: One of the powers of Songbird is it’s completely skinnable layout and look and feel. Example:
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(look at the last screenshot), that’s a complete Feather that completely changes the look and feel of Songbird.

]]> By: Matt http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-766339 Matt Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:43:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-766339 <p>I really dig the way I can interact with sites like Hype Machine with Songbird. A real time saver there.</p> <p>But, it's a bit too iTunes for me. Do all computer-based music players have to have the same boring interface? For me, it takes a lot away from the experience.</p> I really dig the way I can interact with sites like Hype Machine with Songbird. A real time saver there.

But, it’s a bit too iTunes for me. Do all computer-based music players have to have the same boring interface? For me, it takes a lot away from the experience.

]]> By: Stephen Lau http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-764384 Stephen Lau Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:49:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-764384 <p>Dragoljob: Yup, Songbird supports syncing to both the iPod family of devices, as well as USB mass storage devices.</p> <p>Han Lee: Is there something special about classical music? (Not trying to troll - just genuinely not sure what's different). Certainly some of Songbird's features such as its integrated music blog support would translate just as easily to classical music blogs. (Likewise, it's integration with music search engines like Skreemr, etc. should carry over to classical just as well)</p> Dragoljob: Yup, Songbird supports syncing to both the iPod family of devices, as well as USB mass storage devices.

Han Lee: Is there something special about classical music? (Not trying to troll - just genuinely not sure what’s different). Certainly some of Songbird’s features such as its integrated music blog support would translate just as easily to classical music blogs. (Likewise, it’s integration with music search engines like Skreemr, etc. should carry over to classical just as well)

]]> By: Ralph Poole http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-763941 Ralph Poole Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:56:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-763941 <p>This is a really good discussion of business model innovation. It is great to hear Rob talk about how he envisions carving out a niche in this very competitive space.</p> This is a really good discussion of business model innovation. It is great to hear Rob talk about how he envisions carving out a niche in this very competitive space.

]]> By: Han Lee http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-763344 Han Lee Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:19:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-763344 <p>Interesting idea, but the video is poorly made. 1) Can't see any of the demo that Rob is trying to show and 2) background noise is louder than Rob's voice, probably due to an outdoor interview session.</p> <p>Songbird sounds very interesting in tying up web2.0 with the music players, but how does it work as a stand alone and off-line music player? As a classical music listener, I find no jukebox/music player that can satisfy my needs besides foobar2000 (which is a pita to configure/customize).</p> Interesting idea, but the video is poorly made. 1) Can’t see any of the demo that Rob is trying to show and 2) background noise is louder than Rob’s voice, probably due to an outdoor interview session.

Songbird sounds very interesting in tying up web2.0 with the music players, but how does it work as a stand alone and off-line music player? As a classical music listener, I find no jukebox/music player that can satisfy my needs besides foobar2000 (which is a pita to configure/customize).

]]> By: Songbird - Usable? : Yanachik.org http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-763165 Songbird - Usable? : Yanachik.org Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:00:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-763165 <p>[...] GigaOM has an interview with Rob Lord regarding songbird:  http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/ [...]</p> [...] GigaOM has an interview with Rob Lord regarding songbird:  (link) [...]

]]> By: Dragoljub Profirovic http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-761503 Dragoljub Profirovic Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:00:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-761503 <p>Ah Songbird, building on top of the Mozilla platform certainly has advantages. Are there any readers that have replaced their previous media player for this one?</p> <p>I feel like what drives me to use iTunes / Windows Media Player / or something else is the current mp3 player I own. Does anyone know if you can use songbird to sync your music to a mp3 player?</p> Ah Songbird, building on top of the Mozilla platform certainly has advantages. Are there any readers that have replaced their previous media player for this one?

I feel like what drives me to use iTunes / Windows Media Player / or something else is the current mp3 player I own. Does anyone know if you can use songbird to sync your music to a mp3 player?

]]> By: Rob Lord http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-760435 Rob Lord Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:54:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-760435 <p>Om,</p> <p>Thanks for posting this. Next time I'll speak a bit slower. =)</p> <p>Also, it's "Songbird" not "SongBird". Please update!</p> <p>Best, Rob</p> Om,

Thanks for posting this. Next time I’ll speak a bit slower. =)

Also, it’s “Songbird” not “SongBird”. Please update!

Best,
Rob

]]> By: SolSie.com / The Lighter Side of Mobile Technology » Blog Archive » Songbird = iTunes Open Source http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-760326 SolSie.com / The Lighter Side of Mobile Technology » Blog Archive » Songbird = iTunes Open Source Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:55:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-760326 <p>[...] GigaOm] If you enjoyed this post, then read these...MobNewsRSS 2.0 RSS Reader by SolSie on December 19th, [...]</p> [...] GigaOm] If you enjoyed this post, then read these…MobNewsRSS 2.0 RSS Reader by SolSie on December 19th, [...]

]]> By: Ben Cooper’s Weblog » Blog Archive » A Chat with Ben and Pete - Episode 7 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-759748 Ben Cooper’s Weblog » Blog Archive » A Chat with Ben and Pete - Episode 7 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:02:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-759748 <p>[...] Om Malik talks to the Sunbird CEO [...]</p> [...] Om Malik talks to the Sunbird CEO [...]

]]> By: G http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-758450 G Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:48:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/lord-of-the-birds-songbird/#comment-758450 <p>OM - who's the genius that shot this video - there is Rob using his laptop to show your the demo - and we can't see any of that presentation. May as well have been a podcast - why call it a NewTeeVee episode if all I see the weather man and not the radar?</p> OM - who’s the genius that shot this video - there is Rob using his laptop to show your the demo - and we can’t see any of that presentation. May as well have been a podcast - why call it a NewTeeVee episode if all I see the weather man and not the radar?

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