Jan 30, 2009 5:19 pm
Quick update:
Closing Bug 14442 made it possible to fine-tune how much memory Songbird uses to load and display your library.
Up to this point Songbird has allowed SQLite to cache whatever it wants, meaning that over time your entire library database can end up in RAM.
We’re changing this with 1.1, and are [...]
Jan 22, 2009 10:00 am
@4:00 pm PST Update: All systems are go.
We’ll be doing some major network reconfiguration in our data center on Friday January 23. Blog, Wiki, Bugzilla, svn and getsongbird.com will be affected. Those services won’t be available between 7-10 am PST with sporadic outages the rest of the day. Add-ons and Translate site are not affected. [...]
Jan 13, 2009 12:44 pm
Since the release of 1.0 our Get Satisfaction community has gone through a major growth spurt and we’re struggling to keep up with all the posts. After a month of trying to go it on our own we realized no one knows more about Songbird than you. You know our strengths, our areas for improvement, [...]
Jan 13, 2009 10:04 am
Now that Songbird has reached the very mature milestone of 1.0, we reflected on our release process and decided it was time to introduce some changes. We decided to adopt a build labeling nomenclature that’s more widely understood. Our goals for build labels were to:
Use commonly understood industry terms
Accurately reflect the state of the code and phase of development [...]
Jan 7, 2009 4:31 pm
Warning: Industry punditry ahead. Adjust your speed and headlamps.
So, yesterday Apple expanded “iTunes Plus”, which removes the proprietary DRM use limitations on songs. It’s not a digital media industry game changer but rather a significant game accelerator and a net positive for Apple and iTunes, Pioneers and Songbird and the digital media ecosystem.
Non-DRM’d songs from the [...]
