This is a Developer preview release for those who cannot wait for the release of Songbird version 1.0. Songbird is like a media player, but it is not meant to replace your current multimedia player. However, with a list of things to do, there is a fast growing features to implement into Songbird once version 1.0 is released.

Available for Macintosh, Windows and Linux users, Songbird 0.2 has the following features:

• * Slightly-Less-Cheezy Video Window.
• * New Miniplayer, slim and sexy.
• * Collapsable Splitters for a totally customizable Songbird UI.
• * Easy access to web media in the Web Playlist.
• * Subscribe (like a podcast) to mp3 blogs.
• * Keyboard shortcuts
• * Global Hotkeys
• * Media keyboard support
• * Ctrl-J Jump To Window to control your playback.
• * Ctrl-E Metadata Editor.
• * More and better search engines
• * Updated welcome page
• * User bookmarks (add and delete)
• * Sortable, resizable, and reconfigurable playlist columns
• * Blazing media import speed!
• * Improved remote metadata reading.
• * More metadata formats (.m4a & .ogg)
• * Extension support (with Extensions!)
• * Automagic Updates!

Songbird 0.2 can be downloaded from the following Songbird website.

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