Extension FM, Highlight to search, Highlight to listen

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Extension FM, Highlight to search, Highlight to listen

Are you using Google Chrome? You should. At least when you are a) using an Android phone to get kick ass services like Chrome to phone or Android notifier or b) a music lover.

I’ve been using ExtensionFM for quite a while now. And even if there are some bugs left in the support of last.fm for example, it’s a pure pleasure to just visit a website, discovering mp3s or Soundcloud embed players and listening to the music while browsing another site without having the tab still open et al.The best thing is: ExtensionFM builds up an archive of all the websites with music on you were visiting, giving you the opportunity to play back all the songs in an itunes kind of look and feel. In a their words: a browser extension for Chrome that finds every MP3 file on pages you visit and automatically creates a library of those songs for you to enjoy. Just great.

Having the guys of EFM being part of the recent Music Hack Day in Boston they discovered another useful idea. Based on Google’s own extension Highlight to search they came up with the idea for Highlight to listen. Simply highlight any artist name on any page and let the API do it’s thing - with the help of Echo Nest.

P.S.: OK, BUT… the fact, that there are many other reasons to highlight text (bad habits while surfing, highlighting for copy & paste,… etc.) makes you sometimes feel angry after a while because the overlay always appears immediately and you have to “esc” it all the time. And yes, I deactivated it after a couple of hours, but hey, they will work it out, maybe. Good guys. Can’t wait to experience the next useful music tech magic they might come up with. (Secondary click anyone?)

P.P.S.: If you’re Spotify user make sure you have their own extension installed.

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Source blog.extension.fm