FoxyTunes

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Field	Value
name	FoxyTunes
developer	Alex Sirota, Yahoo! Inc.
latest_release_version	4.3.6
latest_release_date	March 22, 2012
operating_system	Cross-platform
platform	Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird, and Internet Explorer
genre	Web browser, Music, Media player
license	Freeware, Proprietary
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FoxyTunes was a browser extension allowing control of media players from the web browser window. The company that developed FoxyTunes was bought by Yahoo! in 2008, and FoxyTunes was closed in 2013.

History

In 2004 computer science graduate student Alex Sirota was making Foxytunes available for free and accepting donations. The company behind Foxytunes was founded in 2005 by Vitaly and Alex Sirota with private investors and subsequently acquired by Yahoo! on February 4, 2008, for what was understood to be over , Yahoo! retaining the Foxytunes branding. On June 28, 2013, Yahoo! announced FoxyTunes's closure, scheduled for July 1, 2013. At its peak FoxyTunes was available in over 30 languages.

Software

Foxytunes was controlled by a toolbar interface which was installed on the web browser.

Supported web browsers and other applications included Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Application Suite, Flock and Mozilla Thunderbird. The extension supported the normal media player functions and displayed currently playing track information. In 2007 the FoxyTunes Planet rich media front page was launched. Additionally, the extension allowed searching various Web sites to get images, lyrics, videos, biographies etc. related to the music being played.

The presentation of the toolbar interface could be altered by a skin extension. This allowed a user to select from alternative presentations of the toolbar which had alternative characteristics of colors, layout, size and collapsed state.

Supported players

FoxyTunes supported more than 30 desktop and web-based media players on a diverse variety of platforms.

;Microsoft Windows:

Apollo media player
The Core Media Player
dBpoweramp Audio Player:
foobar2000
iTunes
JetAudio
JRiver Media Center
Last.fm
MediaMonkey
Media Player Classic
musikCube
Musicmatch Jukebox
Spotify
Songbird
Sonique
Quintessential Player
Pandora
RealPlayer
UltraPlayer
VLC media player
Winamp
Windows Media Player
Yahoo! Music Jukebox / Yahoo! Music Engine
Zinf

;Linux systems:

;Mac OS X:

iTunes

;Online services

Yahoo! News
Yahoo! Music
Twitter with TwittyTunes

Reception

FoxyTunes Version 1.0 was reviewed in 2004 by ExtremeTech, in 2005 by Ynet, by Tony Hoffman in "The Best Free Software (2007)" in PCMag and Preston Gralla in PCWorld. It was Claudine Beaumont's favourite in her 2008 article "Firefox 3: Top ten extensions" in The Telegraph. Haaretz reported in 2008 that it had been downloaded by 8 million users. It was reviewed in 2009 by download.com and Softpedia. In 2010 in How-To Geek. In 2011 by Chris Wiles at TechAdvisor/Macworld, and Ghacks.

References

Nicole, Kristen. (March 27, 2007). "FoxyTunes Planet is a Widget Frontpage for Music".
Rothman, Wilson. (February 4, 2008). "Yahoo Dumps Music Service, Sends Customers to Rhapsody".
Parfeni, Lucian. (Jun 29, 2013). "Yahoo Kills a Bunch of Products, AltaVista, Axis, FoxyTunes, and Many More". [[SoftNews NET SRL]] Romania.
Catone, Josh. (May 30, 2009). "10 Ways to Share Music on Twitter".
"Control Your Favorite Music Player from Firefox".
Gross, Melanie. (June 11, 2011). "New Versions of FoxyTunes Include More Supported Players, Increased Functionality - gHacks Tech News".
Hoffman, Tony. (January 31, 2007). "The Best Free Software (2007)". [[Ziff Davis Media Inc]].
שני, רוני. (March 3, 2005). "FoxyTunes". [[Yedioth Ahronoth]].
(November 8, 2004). "Review: Ten Extensions Enhance Firefox - Page 3 of 5 - ExtremeTech". [[Ziff Davis Media Inc]].
Blackwell, Laura. (2004-11-29). "Download This: Live a Little! Remove the 'Irk' From Work". [[International Data Group.
ROGER, CYRIL. (2008-02-08). "Yahoo! acquires FoxyTunes". Softonic International.
Rankin, Kyle. (November 29, 2005). "Linux Multimedia Hacks". [[O'Reilly Media]].
Grimland, Guy. (5 February 2008). "Yahoo Buys No-sales FoxyTunes for $40m". Amos Schocken, M. DuMont Schauberg.
Van Buskirk, Eliot. (4 February 2008). "Yahoo Buys FoxyTunes".
(June 28, 2013). "Keeping our Focus on What's Next". [[Yahoo!]] blog.
Battersby, Jeffery. (22 September 2005). "Web browser roundup". [[International Data Group.
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Gralla, Preston. (2007). "14 Great Multimedia Utilities". [[International Data Group.
Wiles, Chris. "FoxyTunes for Firefox 4.3.2.1 - Audio, Video & Photo - Downloads". [[International Data Group.
Wiles, Chris. "FoxyTunes for Firefox 4.3.2.1 - Audio, Video & Photo - Downloads". [[International Data Group.
(2009-02-27). "FoxyTunes for Internet Explorer". [[CBS Interactive]].
Beaumont, Claudine. (June 27, 2008). "Firefox 3: Top ten extensions". [[Telegraph Media Group]].
Parfeni, Lucian. (August 21, 2009). "Share Your Songs on Twitter, Facebook or Last.fm with FoxyTunes". [[SoftNews NET SRL]] Romania.
(2006-07-31). "Review: Top 10 Mozilla Firefox Extensions". [[Ziff Davis Media Inc]].

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