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Songbird 0.7 Release Candidate 3 is Available for Testing

By raffel raffel

Songbird 0.7 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 [...]

Songbird 0.7 Release Candidate 2 is Available for Testing

By raffel raffel

Songbird 0.7 RC2 is now available for download!

Here are the most noteworthy features we’d like to call out in RC2 and get your feedback on:

Smart Playlists: Create playlists that automatically update based on criteria you set.
Album Art: Read, write and display album artwork. There’s a new Album Art Display Pane in the bottom of [...]

Songbird 0.7 Release Candidate 1 is Available for Testing

By raffel raffel

Songbird 0.7 RC1 is now available for download!

For those interested, here are the most noteworthy and complete features we’d like to call out in RC1 and get your feedback on:

Refreshed UI: refined look and feel
New setup assistant: get up and running in Songbird with ease (requires a fresh profile)
Smart playlists: create dynamic playlists based on [...]

Songbird path to Agility - Part I

By Georges Auberger Georges Auberger

This is the first post of a 3 part series presenting our experience moving Songbird development to an Agile process.
Drowning in the waterfall
Up until version 0.3, Songbird development had been following a fairly traditional waterfall model. Realizing the ambitious vision of building both a platform and a desktop media player has presented many challenges. A [...]