Firefox 2.0 is causing quite a stir these days. The browser has been downloaded more than two million times since it was officially released last week – and the debate is heating up about whether the upgrade is worth it or not.
In the shadows of this ruckus another Mozilla offspirng hatched a few days earlier: Songbird version 0.2, called the developer preview, was released a good week before Firefox 2.0. Songbird promises to be an extraordinary media player. Open Source, XUL-based, easily extendable, and with some unique networking features.
Some of these features are already included in the 0.2 release. But of course it’s an early preview, mostly targeting developers, so one shouldn’t expect CD burning capabilities or anything else too fancy. Early Firefox adopters might remember Phoenix. It like that, but with music. And a better mascot.
A few weeks ago I had the chance to sit down with Songbird founder Rob Lord and chat with him about his plans for the Open Source player. He told me about his vision of the media web, Songbird’s business model and the similarities and differences between Songbird and Firefox.
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