EDIT: Wow, this blew up. Let me make things a bit easier for those late to the party.

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Hey everyone! Happy Monday. If you're in America I hope you're enjoying the holiday :)

This post is a follow-up to my original post from a while back. I've been hard at work and wanted to give you all an update on where the project is at. So, after checking in with the mods and getting a thumbs-up, I decided it was time to make a post!

I've been developing a YouTube music player for almost three years. It's called Streamus. It is one of the most well-received extensions in the Chrome Web Store. The software is free, the code is open-source, I have no interest in your personal data, and you already have an account if you're signed into Chrome.

• Here are some screenshots of the new design: http://imgur.com/a/vyd56
• Here's a short, silent video of me using Streamus.

True to my word in the first post, I quit my job to focus on Streamus full-time in July of last year. I do some contract work for a handful of hours each week to pay rent and buy food, but, other than that, I'm living on savings and focused on the project. Streamus does not make me any money. I actually lose a bit each month running the server. But... if you're into music for the money then you're in it for the wrong reasons. :)

Never heard of Streamus before? Here's a short list of features I commonly use:

• Keyboard Shortcuts - Shortcuts can work with Chrome focused or globally. No more having to alt tab to mute a song. Media keys work, too.
• Radio - Streamus offers something similar to Pandora/Spotify Radio. It is fueled by YouTube's "Related Songs," but with a bit more logic on top to improve the results.
• Context Menus - Ever see a song mentioned without an accompanying URL? Just highlight the text, right-click, and play it. Also supports right-clicking on YouTube URLs.
• Omnibox - If you know the name of a song you want and don't need all the UI fluff then why not just use your URL bar?

So, that's me. How about you? What do you like and dislike about the service? What would you like to see more of in the future?

Looking forward to talking! Thanks for taking the time to read.

Oh! And before I go, want some music? Here, have a playlist of some songs I'm currently jamming to:

• https://share.streamus.com/playlist/f4ff11345c27/tropical_house_trap.

I'm big into EDM. So, this playlist consists of tropical house and trap. Enjoy!

By popular request, here's some more of the music I enjoy:

• https://share.streamus.com/playlist/1e70d6e843da/meos_music

Frequently Asked Questions:

• All I see is white / Streamus doesn't work: Update your version of Google Chrome. Streamus requires v37 minimum, current is v39.

• Firefox Support: When I last investigated Streamus for Firefox I found that while FF's extension ecosystem is great, they don't appear to support the same "Window Overlay" as Chrome. This makes the general implementation of Streamus pretty difficult. If another developer is privvy to something I'm not, feel free to let me know, but, as it stands, waiting on FF to support Streamus rather than the other way around.

• Opera: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/streamustm-beta/

• Last.FM: It's on my TODO list.

• SoundCloud: It's on my TODO list and I've broken ground in coding it

• Importing and Auto-Updating Playlists: You can import playlists through the Create Playlist dialog. Playlists are currently static representations and do not auto-update when changes are made on YouTube, but it's on my TODO list

• Mobile: No real plans for mobile currently. All the most popular YouTube music apps suddenly went missing from the app stores in December after YouTube updated their app to support background playback. I'd like to see how all that pans out before putting any effort into that space. Sorry, I know it's frequently requested.

• Updates / Change Log: Come on over to r/streamus :)