Today, after running for a while in a private beta, we are finally opening the first beta of FoxyTunes Planet to the public!

First, we wanted to thank everyone for the amazing feedback you sent us during the private beta.

So, what’s FoxyTunes Planet and why would you want to use it?

FoxyTunes Planet is a Universal Personalized Music Aggregator. Is this obscure enough? Then, read on…

Everything’s in one place

Each page on FoxyTunes Planet aggregates music information and rich media from all around the Web and allows you to instantly access all the great things that are out there – be it artist radio stations, recommendation services, videos, photos, reviews and so on.

Music related content should be abundant - why limit yourself to only one or two music sites, when there is an entire Internet out there. FoxyTunes Planet brings the entire Web of Music to your fingertips!

You choose

FoxyTunes Planet is personalizable - you are free to decide what you see and how you see it. Each piece of content, such as videos on YouTube or radio stations on Last.fm is presented in a “widget” – a little panel that allows you to quickly browse through the content. You can add, remove, reorder and configure the widgets any way you like – to create your own unique view on the world of music. FoxyTunes Planet already has many cool widgets and the list will be growing soon.

Wherever you are - FoxyTunes Planet is only a click away

FoxyTunes lets you discover the world of music related to what you are listening to with one click - right in your browser. It supports a huge number of media players and music services - it doesn’t matter whether you are listening to music with iTunes, Pandora or Winamp – the tiny FoxyTunes browser add-on instantly connects you to the Planet - your universal music dashboard.

Universal music link

Did you ever recommend music to a friend? Do you send a link to artist’s video? A Wikipedia page? Maybe a link to artist’s official website? Or a link to artist’s page in your favorite music service?

The problem is that video sites often don’t have artist bios, music information sites sometimes don’t have videos and music service links only work if your friends are using the same music services as you are.

Because FoxyTunes Planet pages have everything - videos, bios, photos, music services and much more, a single link to FoxyTunes Planet artist page allows your friends to discover all there is to discover about an artist. And, because the Planet is personalized, your friends will see the artists you send them through their own favorite sites and services.

http://foxytunes.com/artist/red_hot_chili_peppers

Enhance, don’t replace

Just as with our universal browser add-on, our goal is to support and promote great music products and services that our users enjoy.
FoxyTunes doesn’t replace your favorite services - it enhances them, brings them closer to you and allows using many of them together.

This is just the beginning

Although we think that FoxyTunes Planet is already a cool place for music lovers, this is really just a preview of what’s to come.

Stay tuned for more Foxyness coming soon!

The next version of FoxyTunes for IE is here.

We’ve done a lot of work to make this version compatible with even more environments.

So, new in this version:

1. Windows Vista support
2. Seek slider
3. TTPlayer support
   TTPlayer is one of the most popular players in China
4. Initial Maxthon browser support
   still not perfect, but FoxyTunes for IE should work reasonably well in Maxthon
5. Minor improvements and bug fixes

Get FoxyTunes 1.2 for IE here.

This version of FoxyTunes is still in beta - please let us know if you see any issues.

We are planning to add more features such as skins and additional players to FoxyTunes for IE soon.

First, if you haven’t tried Last.fm yet, you should definitely check it out - it’s a great service that can help you discover a lot of new music.

We really like Last.fm and from the many emails we received asking for Last.fm Player support in FoxyTunes, it’s pretty clear that you like it too!

So, with the latest version of FoxyTunes for Firefox, you get one click access to your Last.fm player right from the browser.

The new FoxyTunes will let you:

• See what’s playing in your Last.fm player
• Skip tracks and control the volume
• Launch and show your Last.fm player with one click

You can get the new FoxyTunes version with Last.fm Player support here.

We’ll be adding Last.fm Player support to FoxyTunes for IE soon.

P.S. Our new site, FoxyTunes Planet, has a cool Last.fm widget - sign up for the private beta and check it out!

[edit] A tiny clarification: this version of FoxyTunes supports the Last.fm Player. It doesn’t submit your song info to Last.fm and doesn’t replace any Audioscrobbler plugins.

FoxyTunes for IE is finally out of beta and is featured today as an Exclusive on CNET Download.com front page!

Also, this new version just received a 5 star rating and a great review by Download.com editors. You can check out FoxyTunes for IE on Download.com here.

More good news - FoxyTunes for Firefox is featured today as the CNET Editor’s pick on their Browsers category front page.

Thanks a lot to the Download.com team for your support!

A new FoxyTunes for Firefox is here and it supports the Rhapsody Online Web player!

If you’re not familiar with Rhapsody, you should really check it out - it has tons of great music, radio stations, playlists and much more (Rhapsody currently works only in the US).

The new FoxyTunes supports the Rhapsody Web Player - it’s a great way to listen to Rhapsody right in your browser. We’ll try to support the standalone Rhapsody jukebox software in the future.

Also new in this version:

• Fetch album covers from your iTunes, if available
• Allow choosing your preferred Amazon store for finding album covers
• Allow disabling automatic fetching of album covers from Amazon
• Additional minor tweaks and bug fixes

As always, you can get the latest FoxyTunes for Firefox here.

Enjoy!

Ever since the first version of FoxyTunes, music lovers have been asking us to support additional players, platforms and browsers.

We’ve been constantly extending FoxyTunes and now it’s time to announce the latest addition:

The first beta of FoxyTunes for Internet Explorer is here!

One of our main goals with FoxyTunes is to make it truly universal. Now, FoxyTunes supports Firefox, IE, Flock, Thunderbird and more than 30 media players on Windows, Linux and MacOS.

As with our popular Firefox extension, now you can play your tunes and Explore the Web of Music while surfing with IE.

Please keep in mind that this version of FoxyTunes is still in beta, so you might see some beta quirks - please let us know if you do. Also, not all of the features of the Firefox version are available - we’ll be adding those in future releases.

We would love to hear any and all of your feedback about this version - please send us your comments, suggestions, questions and bug reports using this form.

Get FoxyTunes for IE here.

P.S. As always - stay tuned for new and cool stuff in upcoming FoxyTunes for Firefox versions!

Finally, the international edition of the latest FoxyTunes is available - get it here!

FoxyTunes is now translated into 29 languages.

Big thanks to all the translators on the BabelZilla team - you guys rock!

FoxyTunes 2.0 is now officially released. We had a great time listening to your feedback and working on this new version of FoxyTunes. I hope you like it as much as we do
As always, you can get FoxyTunes here and it’s now also posted on the Mozilla Addons Site.

As you might know, the new version has a lot of cool features. You can read all about them in our previous posts - here, here and here. Also, there is a screencast demonstrating the new features.

FoxyTunes 2.0 is only the tip of the iceberg. We are working on the next generation of FoxyTunes that will be announced sooner than you might think
Stay tuned!

The new 2.0 Beta is finally here. We received great feedback on the 2.0 Preview version and added some of the most requested features to this new release.

Some of the new stuff:

1. System tray icon for the FoxyTunes Mini
   • Hover on the tray icon to quickly get the Info box, even when the Mini is minimized
   
2. Drag and drop local files and directories to FoxyTunes Mini to start playing them
   • You can also drag and drop them onto the regular FoxyTunes (inside your browser)
   
3. Drag and drop URLs to FoxyTunes to start playing them
4. You can now customize the search engine that performs quick Web searches (Configuration > Customize Web Search)
• More advanced search configuration coming soon
5. The search box in FoxyTunes Mini now also supports search engines installed in Firefox
• This is only available with the upcoming Firefox 2.0
6. Added videos to quick searches, currently searches YouTube
7. Improved the mechanism for displaying album covers
• Display locally saved album covers (Folder.jpg file)
• With Yahoo Music Engine - get album cover from the player
8. FoxyTunes context menus are now configurable
• Also, can be collapsed into a single “compact menu”
9. Many tweaks and minor bug fixes

This 2.0 Beta is now feature complete and will become the 2.0 official version soon.

Get the new FoxyTunes 2.0 Beta here

It’s my pleasure to announce that a preview version of FoxyTunes 2.0 is finally here. We’ve been working very hard on this new version, and I hope you’ll be as excited about it as we are!

Get the new FoxyTunes 2.0 preview version

Our goal with FoxyTunes 2.0 is to remove the boundaries between your favorite media players and the Web!

With FoxyTunes 2.0:

• You can listen to music with your media players and see what the Web has to say about what’s playing - lyrics, images, videos, album covers, bios and more - with a single click and without ever leaving your browser!
• You can surf the Web and stream the great music you find - mp3s, podcasts and more, directly to your favorite media players.

You don’t have to install a new media player or a special browser to do all that. FoxyTunes allows you to explore the Web of Music with your favorite media players within your favorite browser.

Our approach with FoxyTunes is:

• Don’t replace, enhance - support the things you already have and love
• Be tiny and unobtrusive - FoxyTunes is there to complement

FoxyTunes 2.0 has many new features, too many to fit into a single post. The main new features are:

1. Web searches - find lyrics, artist images, videos, bios and more, while listening to music with FoxyTunes
2. Info Box - your music “dashboard”. Shows song info, album art, recent history and more…
3. Podcasts and feeds - quickly preview any podcast, stream any or all episodes to your player, and, if you like what you hear, subscribe
4. Web media - find music on the Web pages you visit, and stream it to your media player with a click
5. FoxyTunes Mini - the only music desktop widget with its own tabbed browser!

We created a short screencast demonstrating the new FoxyTunes features – check it out:

This is only the beginning - we are working on great new stuff that will be announced soon…