by gtbuzz » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:15 pm
I wasn't impressed with early versions of Songbird, but could see its potential (XULRunner back-end, great development community, etc). Decided to give it a whirl and am impressed with the 1.0 effort. It's not MM yet, but the gap is closing.
A few pros of MM:
Much more robust tagging capabilities.
File monitor (though it appears planned for a future version of Songbird).
Multiple artist support
Performance
What Songbird offers:
Tabbed interface - surprisingly refreshing even in a media player app
Add-ons website - much better than the hunting a pecking around the forums and websites for MM extensions
Add-on base - Some Firefox/Thunderbird add-ons can be utilized in songbird, which means they're hitting the ground running with extensions (Adblock, stylish, etc)
Many innovative ideas - concerts, download integration.
Fortunately MM is still a more polished product and 3.1 has already begun to add some exciting new features. Can't wait to see the future of both products.
I wasn't impressed with early versions of Songbird, but could see its potential (XULRunner back-end, great development community, etc). Decided to give it a whirl and am impressed with the 1.0 effort. It's not MM yet, but the gap is closing.
A few pros of MM:
Much more robust tagging capabilities.
File monitor (though it appears planned for a future version of Songbird).
Multiple artist support
Performance
What Songbird offers:
Tabbed interface - surprisingly refreshing even in a media player app
Add-ons website - much better than the hunting a pecking around the forums and websites for MM extensions
Add-on base - Some Firefox/Thunderbird add-ons can be utilized in songbird, which means they're hitting the ground running with extensions (Adblock, stylish, etc)
Many innovative ideas - concerts, download integration.
Fortunately MM is still a more polished product and 3.1 has already begun to add some exciting new features. Can't wait to see the future of both products.