Dashboard

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One of the problems people have with managing media libraries is not knowing what they have.  The "Dashboard" project aims to be a start pagefor Songbird users.  Some sort of tabbed view as a homepage on startup that presents 3 views:

  • My Library
  • The Web
  • My Friends (via supported social networks)

The Library pane would contain suggestions for music to be played from the user's personal library:

  • Music I've played recently
  • Music I've added recently
  • Music I haven't played recently
  • Most popular tracks (play-count &/| rating)
  • Least popular tracks (play-count &/| rating)
  • Hottest music (EchoNest get_hottness() call)

The Web

  • Music recommendation engines
  • Last.fm radio
  • SHOUTcast stations
  • Hype Machine

My Friends

  • Facebook "what am i listening to" apps
  • Last.fm friends/neighbours

Presentation should be visually appealing, not just a list of tracks of playlists.  Incorporate artist artwork or album art.. maybe genre artwork like in iTunes?

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