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First look: can Songbird 1.0 replace iTunes, WMP?
By
David Chartier | Published: December 02, 2008 - 12:00PM CT
Last month, we curled up with a pair of headphones and a 1.0 release candidate of
Songbird, an open-source media player based on Mozilla technology. As a cross-platform music player built with Mozilla's trademark extensibility in mind,
Songbird soared with its integration of services like concert ticket notifiers, lyric downloading, and artist bios. Today the official Songbird 1.0 is shipping, and it even supports DRM-protected iTunes Store files, so we took another look at the feature roadmap and how the final version shaped up.
For a recap, Songbird is available for Windows XP/Vista, Linux, and Intel-based Mac OS X PCs. The app takes an iTunes-meets-Firefox approach, as it is based on Mozilla's XML User Interface Language (XUL) and Gecko rendering engine that powers Firefox, but presents one's music library and add-ons with a UI inspired very much by iTunes. The integration of a tabbed web browser, official add-on support, open architecture, and a focus on playing well with the rest of the music-loving web, however, are what really help Songbird to soar above the competition.