Date November 2008

Performance Improvements for 1.0

By Matt Matt Nov 26, 2008 5:42 pm
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Optimization requires taking a step back to observe, measure, and experiment. Somehow it seems like a luxury, and features or bug fixes are always the priority. This release though, thanks to the survey and GetSatisfaction feedback you’ve been sending, speed was a primary focus.
dbradley, pvh, jacklu, kreeger and myself had a lot of [...]

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Songbird 1.0 Release Candidate 3 is Available for Testing

By raffel raffel Nov 21, 2008 4:06 pm
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Songbird 1.0 RC3 is now available for download!
Thanks to everyone who has been providing feedback to our latest RC’s. This update contains bug fixes and final tweaks. We’re closing in on a Final build and would like to make sure that you don’t see anything you might consider a show stopper.
To learn more about [...]

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Songbird 1.0 Release Candidate 2 is Available for Testing

By raffel raffel Nov 14, 2008 8:57 am
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Songbird 1.0 RC2 is now available for download!
Here are the most noteworthy and complete features we’d like to call out in RC2 and get your feedback on:

Importing iTunes libraries will no longer trigger a hang.
Using the the Windows Media Playback and QuickTime Playback add-ons we’ve brought back the ability to play pre-authorized DRM media: WMA [...]

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Rock on, Commonwealth of Nations!

By stevel stevel Nov 5, 2008 11:21 am
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Thanks to some awesome work by Songkick, the Songbird Concerts add-on now supports concert listings in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand!
Commonwealth of Nations, FTW!
If you’re in any of said countries, you can either just wait for the locations to be automatically refreshed (they refresh once per week – you may already have them!), or you [...]

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Help Songbird QA Rock 1.0!

By jleger jleger Nov 4, 2008 4:16 pm
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Putting out a bird call for our community to assist our QA team in testing Songbird! Announcing a new Songbird QA Home Page which will continuously hatch new/updated information for ongoing testing support. The following information is available to kick off your flight:

Improve Your Bug Writing: We have posted a recommended New [...]

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