I totally agree.

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I am always listening to music while I surf, and I am willing to bet you do too.

Maybe your skeptical about marrying these two application together? You may think that iTunes is good for you, and it does just what you want, Firefox too. This maybe so. In fact, that’s what I thought as well. But, don’t knock it until you try it! Just take a look.

When you see the life that Songbird brings to your music, you will quickly abandon iTunes.

What Songbird can do for YOU, straight out of the box:

• Browse the web with Firefox
• Fetch artist info
  • Bios
  • Official and fan website links
  • News articles
  • Photos
• Scrobble your songs to Last.fm
• Concert Alerts
• Listen to SHOUTcast Radio

So far so good? On the edge of one butt cheek now? You know, we haven’t even got to the juicy goodness center yet, Firefox! Yea, it is really Firefox in there! And, since its Firefox, you can use your favorite Firefox add-ons. The feature list only grows further when you find Songbird add-ons and enhance your experience even more!

Here are a few Songbird add-ons that I love:

• LyricMaster – Automatically fetch and save song lyrics ( Preview )
• MediaFlow – Cover Flow look-a-like ( Preview )
• iPod Device Support – Sync Songbird and you iPod (You don’t need iTunes!)
• MorningPeeps – Wake to you music library ( Preview )

Check out my other post about Firefox add-ons for an in-depth look at my favorite recommendations.

So, are you convinced that Songbird might be worth a try? I use it full time now to web browsing and to listen to music. Head over to their site, getSongbird.com, and grab you free copy for your Windows, Mac, or Linux OS. If you are still skeptical or you didn’t see a feature you can’t do without, check out their features page for a detailed list of current features, along with a list of features in the works.

Try Songbird and tell me and the Songbird team what you think.

Happy listening / browsing everyone!

Weather, its important information everyone needs to know to start their day. So, have it inside your browser, at your finger-tips. Forcastfox™, available for Firefox 2.0 – 3.0, will sit in your browser’s toolbar showing you weather updates as they occur in your local area. Weather information is pulled from AccuWeather.com®. It features a customizable display with radar images, forecasts, and customizable icon sets. It has saved me from the weather quite a few times.

News, stay informed on today’s important topics of conversation. Brief is a light, slick looking RSS reader for Firefox 3.0. It allows you to search your feeds and features keyboard shortcuts, automatic background feed updates, and a slick UI. Brief has allows me to quickly and easily read through multiple web-site’s articles and continue on with my day.

Web Development, something most techies do at some point in their careers, whether its as a hobby or a profession. Web Developer, for Firefox 3.0, is one of the few add-ons that I can say will be priceless to you after you use it. It’s features span the areas of CSS, Javascript, cookies, forms, images, browser resizing, page validation, and much, much more! Not only is Web Developer available for Firefox 3.0, it also works with Flock and SeaMonkey. Try Web Developer it will save you time and headaches on your next web design project.

Ads, can’t live with them, can’t live without them… Actually, I would prefer not to see them, but isn’t that how most web-sites earn their income? We all grew tired of ignoring ads on web-sites many years ago. Recently, I discovered a Firefox 3.0 add-on that will allow you to just not display the adds at all, Adblock Plus! It works great at hiding ads while your browsing. It really makes a difference too. Try Adblock Plus for a few weeks and then try browsing on a friends computer without Adblock Plus, its horrible!

Finally, one last add-on to Firefox that I find useful. Tree Style Tab, your tabs in a column on the left. Not only does it save space, but it also allows parent and child ordering and collapsing of the tabs! Try opening more than 10 tabs and tell me you like the way Firefox handles tabs!