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I remember using Songbird in the late 00s, a music player built on top of XULRunner, as well as a twitter client. They're not exactly 1-to-1, but there's someth
by imbnwa 4y ago
I remember using Songbird in the late 00s, a music player built on top of XULRunner, as well as a twitter client. They're not exactly 1-to-1, but there's something funny to how Electron provides that browser-based platform for desktop apps now.
- Semaphor 4y agoIt's even mentioned in the article. I think I tried it back then, but preferred foobar2k.
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- notRobot 4y agoI remember getting a fork of it, Philips Songbird, with an MP3 player and using it for a few years on a Windows XP machine. Worked much better than iTunes, and I actually kinda miss it a lot.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoI worked hard to keep my addon compatible with Songbird.
- giantrobot 4y agoI was partial to Flock, another XUL browser. It integrated a bunch of of social media APIs of the day in interesting ways.
- thakoppno 4y agoI remember Flock fondly. Any recall why it didn’t work out? Did Firefox’s ascendency stall out Flock?
- giantrobot 4y agoI think it sputtered out from lack of uptake and social media public APIs dying off and social media trending towards silos and walled gardens.