For those who have been looking for a native app to use hotkeys check out Alfred (http://www.alfredapp.com). With Alfred you can use the workflow feature to control Play Music via hotkeys (which you can use no matter what tab is active or if Chrome is the active app). I blogged about this a while back: http://mikebracco.com/blog/control-google-play-music-with-ho...
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
The image files of the Google logo are copyrighted.
I can understand how this might be legally contentious, but the only thing it could be reported for is the name, I would think? The Google Play logo there is not me embedding it into the app, since it's displaying the webpage itself. Correct me if I'm wrong?
You want to avoid making it look like it's actually "endorsed" by Google, or a product of Google's, despite interop with one of Google's products. The name can be an issue here, so you might want to come up with something spiffier and original, and point out that it works with Google's service elsewhere.
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#83Works well and looks great. It would better meet my needs with Chromecast support, but I don't see a way to do this on MacOS without having embedded the Chrome browser instead of Safari: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/downloads "The Google Cast SDK and API libraries support the development of Android, iOS, and Chrome sender applications" AirPlay audio streaming would also work for me, such as the way iTunes…
Iirc, AirPlay would actually be possible. Would be fiddly, but possible. I have a plugin that lets me send any video in a web page to my Apple TV, and that's just a safari plugin (so only JavaScript basically) -- considering this is just a webview with wicked styling, I think it might be doable. I'm gonna take a look myself actually...
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#84yaaaa this is like rly good. dwn w/ the p4triarchy.. fuck capitalism fuck stephen king (his books are rly skaree)
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#85Works great and could get me using Google Music again. I wish Google would realise that for some things desktop apps are better than the browser currently and they should support that.
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#86I converted the stylesheet to a userstyle[0] so it can be used in any browser as well.
[0]: http://userstyles.org/styles/98492/google-music-mac-theme
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#87If all you want is media keys support, Bearded Spice does the job. It supports a bunch more web apps too, like Youtube and spotify.
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#88IANAL, but I guess you might want to add a big "this product is not affiliated with google" disclaimer on your page?
He's using the logo, trademark and strongly implying that this is either (a) created by Google or (b) sanctioned by Google. The disclaimer is a waste of time. The guy is acting like an idiot and can expect a cease and desist pretty swiftly.
"Acting like an idiot" for building a nice app ass a free open source project and sharing it? Come on, let's be constructive here! That wasn't necessary!
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#90How do you actually launch this on Mavericks? My Mac just complains that the App isn't signed.
You should allow apps downloaded from places other than App Store. Go to Security & Privacy under System Preferences, and on the general tab, select "Anywhere" under "Allow apps downloaded from:" option.
This is a terrible idea. DO NOT tell people to do this.
The right answer is in a sibling comment, Right-click, Open. That way you retain the decision of what's allowed to run.
It's not even an inconvenience, once you've run it, it won't ask again.