Display pane madness and so much more, go download Songbird 0.4! Our Songbird 0.4 developer release has many improvements and new features. Keep the feedback and bugs. coming throughout the New Year!
NOTICE TO LEGACY (0.2.5 and older) USERS
Songbird 0.3 and Later requires a new library format and profiles. As
such, you won't be able to migrate your old 0.2.5 libraries and
profiles to your new Songbird 0.3 or Later installation. It is possible
to install both Songbird 0.2.5 and 0.3 or Later side-by-side to allow
you to continue to access your old libraries and profiles while you
setup your new Songbird 0.3 or Later installation. Please see the
following document for more information on how to do this, and for
links to download prior Songbird 0.2.5 binaries for your system: http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Docs/Songbird_0.2.5_to_0.3_Migration
DOCUMENTATION
The following development documentation is available:
NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
The following are new features and improvements for the 0.4RC1 release:
- Display panes that make it friendly for multiple add-ons to be installed in Songbird at once by allowing the user to define which add-on gets displayed by context. Read the details on these integration points in our Developer Center.
- The latest generation iPods (the 2nd Gen Shuffle/iPod Touch/iPhone an exception) are now supported and we have improved the user experience for the iPod including a new iPod Summary Page (requires latest iPod add-on)
- Library support to return to the web location where a media item originated.
- A more comprehensive XUL Periodic Table in the Developer Support Tools Add-On.
- The Web Media History list now defaults with a column indicating the "Source" of the media. You can click on this entry to take you to that source web site.
- Bug free preferences/options.
- List views now retain users sorting preferences and column reordering.
- The popular "JumpTo" feature is back!
- Faster, smoother window resize.
- Many memory leaks fixed.
KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES
The following high profile bugs are known to still be open for this release:
All Platforms
- 'Edit' menu items not hooked up (2116)
- Index column width can be shrunk to cut off index values (4571)
- Audioscrobbler add-on not updated to support this release (5193)
- Songs with special characters are not sorted correctly (5373)
- Need to change the HTTP accept-language tag to match locale (5437)
- [iPod] iPod Touch/iPhone not supported (6389)
- [iPod] iPod 2nd Gen Shuffle not supported (6848)
Linux Specific
- No way to have system-wide install (can only install to a single user) (3679)
- Service pane context menu requires right click + hold (4584)
- Database created using a nightly 0.3 version of Songbird dated prior to 2007-10-05 will be missing the "library_media_item" table. Using a new profile can avoid this issue. (6364)
- Restarting app too quickly after quitting causes a "app is still running dialog" and crash. Waiting a few seconds will allow a relaunch of the app with no loss of data. (6671)
- [Linux][iPod] 3rd Gen Nano not detected/mounted in app (6788)
- [Linux] [iPod] Latest Classic model not detected/mounted in app (6838)
- [Linux][iPod] 1st Gen Shuffle not detected/mounted in app (6841)
MacOSX Specific
- Clicking Pause/Play on the main pane can sometimes take several seconds to respond (4137)
- Service pane context menu requires right click + hold (4584)
- "Cheezy Video Window" cannot be hidden or resized (4706)
- AppleKey + Q Doesn't always Quit (4845)
- Most keyboard shortcuts unavailable on OS X (5409)
- Menu doesn't work in mini-player mode (6408)
- [mac][ipod] iTunes interferes with mount of Shuffle 1st Gen (6848)
For more details, visit: http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com
