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Murphy started following the idea "Songbird +Spotify is all I need" in Songbird.

Murphy started following the idea "Tagging Structure - a step to Pandora like experience" in Songbird.

Murphy started following the idea "Mixing addon for DJ style mixing" in Songbird.

A comment on the idea "Interface redesign ideas from Firefox 3.7 and 4 mockups" in Songbird:

I forgot to mention this originally; here is a topic on having the default Songbird feather be more native: http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t... – Murphy, on August 06, 2009 20:25

Murphy marked one of GeekShadow's replies in Songbird as useful. GeekShadow replied to the idea "Songbird should have a splash screen". Murphy and 4 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Murphy replied on August 06, 2009 06:08 to the idea "Awesome Library Bar!" in Songbird:

I realized that you have to hit enter after typing text into the bar to return results. If it is ever possible, I think it should constantly update the results as you type, just like the awesome bar shows results without you having to hit enter first. Probably now it would just slow things down too much for it to be worth it.

It is so exciting to finally try it! What version of Songbird do you recommend for testing it, Simon: 1.2, 1.3 beta, or a nightly? In 1.2, nothing seems to happen when I run a search. In the 1.3 beta, sometimes a search goes quickly, but sometimes nothing seems to happen and the program can even freeze. The album art looks very nice, and it is sooo cool that you got artist art working! Sometimes (usually when there are a lot of results) the results can look a little wonky:


And I can't seem to navigate the results using the arrow keys unless I click on the result list in the first place. It is very impressive though to feel how easy it is to find a song and play it using the awesome bar. I will keep testing and see what more I can discover about the add-on. Thank you for developing it, Simon. This is a great start for the add-on.

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I have posted the first (alpha) release for the 'searcher' (working title) add-on:

http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addons...

I do need feedback, especially on query performance. You can post there or email me at songbird.searcher@gmail.com

There is still a lot to do on the working of the URL bar and the the layout and working of the results panel but the core querying functionality is pretty much done (although I would expect some performance tweaking).

There would be an enormous amount to do to bring my (interim) playback mechanism up to scratch, so I will try to get to a feed to the NowPlaying add-on working while I work on my new playback mechanism "in due course'.

Murphy replied on August 05, 2009 05:09 to the idea "Interface redesign ideas from Firefox 3.7 and 4 mockups" in Songbird:

I noticed this blog post looking through the blog archive and I was surprised that native-looking feathers had been discussed and mocked up before (I must not have been such a Songbird hound back in 2008). I wish the default feathers were more native looking, because I believe that all programs should blend in with the OS by default and then let the user modify it from there. The Gonzo feather gives too much of an iTunes vibe by using the OSX chrome on every operating system. At the same time though, I think people like the OSX chrome in Songbird because it makes the program look more like a metal appliance, while the mockups in that blog post for Linux and Windows can look a little flat.



I think that they could be improved upon, however, to achieve a compromise between looking native and looking more like a realistic appliance. Things like attaching the previous and next buttons to the play button give the interface a more mechanistic feel on every operating system. What do you guys think about having more-native default feathers? Even on OSX, where Songbird looks most at home, things like the scroll bars, preference buttons, and the highlight color aren't native.

Murphy replied on August 05, 2009 04:32 to the idea "A-B Repeat & guitar players" in Songbird:

There have been some other similar topics if you want to check them out.
Features for musicians/transcription
Ability to alter pitch and tempo

Murphy replied on August 04, 2009 17:25 to the idea "Would be great to have a plugin for Songbird !" in Spotify:

You can also show your support in an existing topic about this request here: http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/to...

Murphy started following the idea "Would be great to have a plugin for Songbird !" in Spotify.

Murphy started following the idea "Spotify should create an add-on for Songbird" in Spotify.

Murphy marked one of klint's replies in Songbird as useful. klint replied to the question "How to list all tracks WITHOUT album art?".

Murphy started following the question "How to list all tracks WITHOUT album art?" in Songbird.

Murphy started following the idea "Folders for playlists" in Songbird.

Murphy started following the idea "add an group for the files with missing meta in artist/ album" in Songbird.

Murphy marked one of klint's replies in Songbird as useful. klint replied to the idea "add an group for the files with missing meta in artist/ album". Murphy and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Murphy replied on August 03, 2009 21:49 to the question "Adding tag-box without removing genre-box?" in Songbird:

Perhaps if a tagging feature is implemented, there could be an option in Songbird's preferences where you choose how the tags should be saved. Either they could be saved into the genre metadata field to keep them attached to your audio files, or they could be saved to a database on your computer/online instead. I don't know if it would be possible to save tags to the metadata file apart from using the genre field, because I don't know if new fields can be added to the metadata. Does anybody who is knowledgeable about the IDv4 standards know if it is possible to add a new field/value to the metadata?

Murphy marked one of Fritz Gerlich's replies in Songbird as useful. Fritz Gerlich replied to the idea "Songbird customer service policy currently a self-fulfilling prophecy". Murphy and 4 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Murphy started following the idea "Can Songbird scrobble tracks from Shoutcast radio stations?" in Songbird.