Apparently Songbird developers flock to websites whenever their product is mentioned. That’s fine by me. Developer Nivi has commented in my previous post regarding my non-acceptance of the Songbird build:

We may be doing a bad job communicating the (eventual) Songbird value proposition. Songbird isn’t supposed to replace your web browser. It is supposed to replace your media player.

The fact that that concept never occurred to me upsets me to no end. I’d like to blame it on their misrepresentation of the product, but it’s far more likely that I’m simply dense. In investigating the Songbird build, I really should have discovered this commentary from Mike Arrington:

One thing to clear up is that Songbird is not an online application – it is (among other things) a next generation media player. And it is absolutely turning my head around in the way I think about certain things.

That would have significantly cleared things up for me.

I’ve re-downloaded the preview build of Songbird and I’m trying it out again with a severely altered point of view. Here’s hoping I actually get it this time.

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