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WindPower replied on June 07, 2009 21:16 to the question "Global Hotkeys & Minimize to Tray for Linux?" in Songbird:

Either that, or fixing Songbird's command line interface which is apparently broken. Running "songbird -pause" would supposedly pause Songbird. That way, you could set up your environment to run that command when you press a hotkey.

WindPower started following the question "Global Hotkeys & Minimize to Tray for Linux?" in Songbird.

A comment on the question "syncing ubuntu songbird + windows songbird (possible?)" in Songbird:

With symlinks, but I'm not sure about where to put them, nor if adding a symlink called "C:" or "F:" or whatever-your-drive-is-called is a good idea. – WindPower, on May 31, 2009 01:18

WindPower started following the question "syncing ubuntu songbird + windows songbird (possible?)" in Songbird.

WindPower replied on May 31, 2009 01:12 to the problem "Application Javascript error upon launching" in Songbird:

Same problem. gconf is a GNOME-only configuration service; please don't rely on it.

WindPower started following the problem "OpenId login with Facebook does not work" in chi.mp.

A comment on the idea "Store Ratings using Extended Attributes instead" in Songbird:

And skip count! – WindPower, on May 12, 2009 22:03

WindPower started following the idea "Store metadata in song file, not in some app data folder" in Songbird.

WindPower replied on April 23, 2009 23:53 to the idea "Store Ratings using Extended Attributes instead" in Songbird:

Songbird could ask the user (in the preferences) for a unique "metadata prefix/suffix" that would be used for all user-specific metadata. This way, the user could embed non-standard metadata specific to him (for example, the "rating" tag could be called "leetdude154-rating" instead of something generic like "songbird-rating"). With lots of "users", a music file might get cluttered up, but I think it's a good compromise to have both 1) portability from a OS/drive/filesystem to another and 2) no mix-up from a user to the other.

Oh, and don't just store ratings in there. Play count, skip count, last played date, user-specified tags, etc... It could all fit there.

WindPower started following the idea "Please add an official Playlist Pane!" in Songbird.

Tim's reply to "Suggestions for improving the Now Playing List" was just promoted to the most useful! WindPower and 3 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Of course the devs care, after all they're designing a product and if nobody likes it then nobody will use it and they will go out of business. It's in thier best interest to build the best player possible. There are lots of things which I'd ike to see included ranging from the particularly simple (eg fade out instead of stop) to the somewhat improbable (eg make me a grilled cheese sandwhich with the album art of the current track lightly taosted on to the front) but at the end of the day, we can't expect it all to happen at once. Rome wasn't built in a day etc etc. It's plain that plenty of notice is taken of the discussions on GetSat, by add-on authors and coders alike. If, like me, you don't fall in to that category, maybe this should serve as motivation to learn how we can do something of use to contribute - test a nightly or help out with simple problems on getsat, spread the word etc before we complain too loudly.

WindPower reported a problem in Ping.fm on April 10, 2009 20:40:

All my Ping.fm status updates disappeared on Twitter only.

The title pretty much sums it up, I used ping.fm to post a bunch of status updates.
They're still on Jaiku and all my other social networks: http://windpower.jaiku.com/
But all of the updates I sent through Ping.fm disappeared: https://twitter.com/WindPower
Is this a Twitter issue? I wouldn't be surprised, haha. If this is the case, please ignore this thread.

WindPower replied on March 10, 2009 01:46 to the question "how do I get a beta code for chi.mp?" in chi.mp:

I'm yet another of those beggars. Would you mind sending me an invitation?
admin at biringa dot com

WindPower marked one of stevel's replies in Songbird as useful. stevel replied to the question "Will Songbird for linux ever support Fairplay/m4p files?".

A comment on the idea "Pause/resume playback when YouTube video starts/ends" in Songbird:

The more the merrier! But YouTube's definitely the most important. – WindPower, on March 05, 2009 18:35

WindPower shared an idea in Songbird on March 05, 2009 06:08:

Pause/resume playback when YouTube video starts/ends

It's a feature I've been dreaming about when I was looking at FoxyTunes, the add-on for Firefox.
Basically, music playback would pause when a YouTube video starts playing, and resumes when the video ends. Sounds simple, and it would be a huge timesaver. I'd love to see this implemented in Songbird!

WindPower replied on February 22, 2009 02:16 to the idea "address bar" in Songbird:

Press Ctrl+T and it should appear. :)

WindPower started following the idea "Suggestions for improving the Now Playing List" in Songbird.

WindPower started following the idea "Automatically organizing music library" in Songbird.

WindPower shared an idea in Songbird on February 22, 2009 02:06:

Sort by play/skip count ratio?

I mean, since Play Count and Skip Count are stored for each song, might as well use that info, right? So, how about being able to sort a playlist by the Play/Skip count ratio? If the Skip Count is 0, make it 1 in the ratio calculation.

Also, is there a way to embed Play Count and Skip Count (and rating while we're at it) within the music file itself as non-standard metadata? I'd like my music library to be as portable as possible, keeping data consistent from a device to another.