For anyone that likes to listen to music while you browse the web with Firefox then I’m sure you are already using FoxyTunes. It is an extension that allows you to control your music player (WinAmp, Windows Media Player, Musicmatch, and many more) without ever having to leave your browser!
Just the other day FoxyTunes released a pretty big upgrade that has the following features:
- Web searches - find lyrics, artist images, videos, bios and more, while listening to music with FoxyTunes. [see demo movie]
- FoxyTunes Mini - now you can enjoy your music with FoxyTunes even when you’re not in Firefox. It’s the only music desktop widget with its own tabbed browser! [see demo movie]. Currently, only supported on Windows.
- Info Box - your music “dashboard”. Shows song info, album art, recent history and more… [see demo movie]
- Podcasts and Web media - quickly preview any podcast, stream any or all episodes to your player, and, if you like what you hear, subscribe. Find music on the Web pages you visit, and stream it to your media player with a click. [see demo movie]
This is one of the top Firefox extensions with nearly 2 million downloads. The new version seems to be getting some rave reviews from users with many people loving the search feature.
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Glad to see this has finally been released to the public now. Been using the ‘Beta’ version for quite sometime now and I liked the cool features they added.
Why not just put the WMP toolbar in the Win XP system taskbar? This does look AWESOME and i may eventually get it
Probably because a lot of people use software other than WMP, such as WinAmp. I am starting to love the new Windows Media Player 11 since that is what I have been using in Vista though.
I just have my WinAmp bar docked to the top of the screen and set to always on-top - but this does seem quite cool. Still, I prefer a control method that’s always usable, even when FF is closed.
I am not a fan of this extension. It keeps open/activate WinAmp, when I want to load new songs for example. So: if it’s WinAmp it use, why not use WinAmp itself…?
Because I don’t want have to switch away from my Firefox to control my WinAmp.