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Xell reported a problem in Songbird on September 29, 2009 13:12:

Quitting but having to wait for device operations to complete

This isn't a major bug, but it is a usability problem.

When quitting songbird whilst a device is connected with transferring files (in my case my N95 8GB), a window appears asking to either wait for the attached device operations or force quit.

The problem is that you are unable to just close the message and go back to using songbird. Obviously this is a pain if you accidentally hit quit, and have to wait for the device to finish copying in silence!

Xell replied on September 03, 2009 17:14 to the problem "My Nokia phone doesn't sync well with the library" in Songbird:

I do not sync, but instead use manual mode and get the same problem.

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Xell replied on June 09, 2009 03:17 to the idea "OS integration: Windows 7 Taskbar 'Task Menu'" in Songbird:

I wonder if you could make the current playing album art appear, with sexy little control along the bottom?

Great that people are working on this! :D

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Xell replied on May 10, 2009 14:11 to the idea "Give SongBird better brand Identity!!" in Songbird:

The default theme is very similar, but I think it's good to place the control at the bottom to make it different at a glance.

For none technical users, having the UI similar to iTunes isn't a bad thing - people are used to it, and therefore find it easier to accept, whilst also being drawn in by the additional features of SB.

One thing I will say that bugs me - is the lack of a decent icon! In windows the default taskbar and shortcut icon is not very slick. Think of the brand identity the firefox logo has? I quite liked the small bird within a box that I found whilst surfing, maybe the old logo? Even the black one with the white headphones is better than the default yellow one! :P

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Xell shared an idea in Songbird on May 09, 2009 18:18:

Quick Find imporvements

Quick Find seems to either not work correctly on my machine, or have a lack of features.

I was hoping when I select 'Albums' from the top bar to be taken to the first occurence of the letters I type. For example 'Mi' would hit Michael Jackson.

Instead, when I type I am taken to a random M entry, and 'phrase not found' pops up, even though I have many potentials for 'Mi'.

I would love to have this sort of thing implemented without using search (which filters the rest of the library) - similar to using 'Shift+Type' in Windows Explorer rather than Search.

Cheers guys, great software and great community.

Xell started following the problem "Songbird will not sync to the Nokia N95 8GB" in Songbird.

Xell replied on October 09, 2008 10:24 to the idea "tag cloud" in Xmarks:

I'd really like to sync my firefox tags with fm, so this is a great direction! :D

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