If you don’t already know, Songbird is a Mozilla-powered media player and organization tool. It has somewhat of an iTunes feel to it, but it’s different in it’s own ways. Now until today, I’ve been using iTunes to manage my media, simply because it’s compatible with my iPod. But then, after installing Songbird, I realized that Songbird allows you to sync your iTunes media library and your iPod information into it’s program. After the first 10 minutes of playing around I thought Songbird was actually a pretty decent piece of cross-platform freeware. Still, even though I wished iTunes was made by an independent company, I still would choose iTunes over Songbird. Why? Because even though both have such good capabilities, I like iTunes UI and general visual feel better than Songbird’s. A little bit about Songbird…
Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active development.
We’re working on creating a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music. There are lots of ways to contributeyour time to the project. We’d love your help!
There are several features we’re proud of, but we’ll be the first to admit that others need ironing out, are experimental, or are just plain missing. There’s still a lot to do.
What do you think? Songbird, the Mozilla powered media organizer, or the Apple iTunes software, designed for the Apple iPod?
