Songbird, the open source cross-platform media player, is now available in the 1.0 version with tons of features and available addons.

I've been watching the development of Songbird since it was first announced and installed it every once in a while, but it never was stable enough to keep it as my default media player.

But with yesterdays official release this has changed. I've been testing it throughout the last 2 days an I'm really pleased with its performance and features.

The only downside is that it is still missing my most wanted feature for a media player: "Watch Folders" (automatic scans of your mp3 folder for updates and adding those to your library), but this is scheduled on the roadmap for february next year. I guess I can wait another 3 months for that feature.

So if you're sick and tired of the restrictions of iTunes you might consider to give the bird a try!!!