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Add special URL mashup tags to refresh websites for every song
Many search sites let you hand over search parameters in the URL. Songbird should have special tags that you can use in web addresses, like $title and $artist. And we need an option to refresh websites upon song change.
This way, I could have a website open, that always shows me the results for the current song/artist, for example blog posts on technorati, or the artist page on last.fm or discogs.
I know, there is the songbird API, which enables websites to get this information, but sometimes mashups go the other way round.
This way, I could have a website open, that always shows me the results for the current song/artist, for example blog posts on technorati, or the artist page on last.fm or discogs.
I know, there is the songbird API, which enables websites to get this information, but sometimes mashups go the other way round.
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Inappropriate?I just wanted to give a quick example to explain this further.
I would have a web tab open, with the following URL:
http://www.technorati.com/search/$artist+$title
The refresh upon song change option would be on. Every time a new song starts, the upper URL expands e.g. tohttp://www.technorati.com/search/Cold...and a new technorati search is displayed, which gives me the latest blog posts about my currently playing song.
I’m confident
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Inappropriate?It can be done in from of add-on.
That would be really neat.....
I've filed a feature suggestion for this.
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Inappropriate?Thank you for filing this on bugzilla. It doesn't sound too complicated to implement as an add-on, does it?
I’m thankful
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Inappropriate?Actually, it might all be even easier.
The OpenSearch standard provides simple means to integrate search engines and other web services. The Firefox search box is powered by it. There are thousands of installable search settings on mycroft.mozdev.org. And Songbird already has such a search box.
So there is no need for a special markup.
