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A comment on the question "Keeps Opening iTunes (won't stop!)" in Songbird:

:P
The issue occurs *all the time*
If I'm in the library. If I'm browsing *any* website. If everything's minimized.

Thanks for all your help. Really appreciate it. – Pat Hawks, on August 12, 2009 23:36

A comment on the question "Keeps Opening iTunes (won't stop!)" in Songbird:

Like I said, I disabled ALL of my addons, and the problem still persists. – Pat Hawks, on August 12, 2009 23:24

A comment on the question "Video AND Radio IN SONGBIRD!(IPlayer Too)" in Songbird:

Fair enough. I think we agree on the details, if not the philosophy :P – Pat Hawks, on August 12, 2009 16:10

A comment on the question "Video AND Radio IN SONGBIRD!(IPlayer Too)" in Songbird:

I just think a limited number of people with a limited amount of time should focus more on doing what they do best, rather than try to do everything at once. – Pat Hawks, on August 12, 2009 15:59

A comment on the question "Video AND Radio IN SONGBIRD!(IPlayer Too)" in Songbird:

Maybe you could just use Firefox for PDFs?
Seems like if Songbird wants to be a music player, they should focus on music (and maybe video) instead of trying to support every format under the sun. – Pat Hawks, on August 12, 2009 15:18

A comment on the question "Keeps Opening iTunes (won't stop!)" in Songbird:

Running Windows XP.
Deselected iTunes like you said, but know, instead, every 15 seconds it asks me what program to use to open ITPC links. – Pat Hawks, on August 12, 2009 15:17

Pat Hawks asked a question in Songbird on August 11, 2009 19:46:

Keeps Opening iTunes (won't stop!)

While surfing music websites in Songbird, a dialog popped up and asked what program should open itpc: links.
I selected iTunes from the list.

Now, every 15 seconds, songbird is opening iTunes and subscribing to the same podcast, over and over.

I've disabled all extensions, and deleted all my playlists and everything, yet songbird keeps opening iTunes every 15 seconds.

First of, how do I make it stop?
Second, how did this happen in the first place?

A comment on the idea "Decluttering this feedback site" in Songbird:

Your point is well taken. – Pat Hawks, on August 11, 2009 19:35

Pat Hawks replied on August 10, 2009 21:21 to the question "Video AND Radio IN SONGBIRD!(IPlayer Too)" in Songbird:

Why would you want that?

Pat Hawks replied on August 10, 2009 21:14 to the question "Why is Songbird automatically queuing (and downloading) all of the links on websites?" in Songbird:

I don't understand.
If it doesn't automatically download the songs, how can it populate all that meta data?

Pat Hawks replied on August 10, 2009 20:59 to the idea "Songbird w/ closed window in background on Mac OS X" in Songbird:

This is also how iTunes works.

It is nice because I can close the window, but continue to listen to music and control playback with the media keys.

As this is the expected behavior in OS X, Songbird should probably play by the rules.

A comment on the question "AppleTV Compatible?" in Songbird:

I understand, and was afraid that would be the case.
I'm sure there aren't that many people out there with an AppleTV who want to ditch iTunes. – Pat Hawks, on August 10, 2009 20:56

Pat Hawks marked one of Stevo's replies in Songbird as useful. Stevo replied to the question "AppleTV Compatible?".

Pat Hawks replied on August 10, 2009 18:16 to the idea "Decluttering this feedback site" in Songbird:

This is going to sound rude, and I apologize for that.

I've been searching through several topics and it seems there are quite a few in which, rather than reply to the question at hand, someone from the company just posts a link to a Bugzilla issue and tells basically tells them to go there or STFU.

It seems the *worst* thing you can do when replying to somebody's issue is to give them a link to Bugzilla.

Bugzilla is meant for developers more than average Joe's. Many people just want to know they're being heard, rather than file a bug report and track it and whatnot.

If you would rather everybody just use your bugzilla, why are you on GetSatisfaction in the first place?

Pat Hawks replied on August 10, 2009 18:06 to the question "Can Polar Rose add tags to Flickr rather than notes?" in Polar Rose:

What if, in addition to adding a tag with the person's name, Polar Rose also added a machine tag with the persons GUID?

Like "ploarrose:pathawks01" or something.

You could even team up with Flickr and get them to add a box on the photo page with a link to "View more pictures of Pat Hawks" or something, like they've done with Dopplr.

Pat Hawks replied on August 10, 2009 17:55 to the idea "Work better with Mac OS X." in Songbird:

I think there are extensions that take care of some of these issues (the media keys on the keyboard, for example).
They should probably just be bundled by default with Mac installs.

MacBook Extras
Mac Remote Support

...just to name a few :)

Pat Hawks started following the idea "Work better with Mac OS X." in Songbird.

Pat Hawks marked one of Tim's replies in Songbird as useful. Tim replied to the idea "Interface redesign ideas from Firefox 3.7 and 4 mockups".

Pat Hawks marked one of Michael Purses' replies in Songbird as useful. Michael Purses replied to the idea "Share Library between multiple PC's (and OS's)". Pat Hawks and 3 other people think it's one of the best replies.

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