Bug 136502 - Link to Google Music Search for currently playing artist
Summary: Link to Google Music Search for currently playing artist
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: amarok
Classification: Applications
Component: Context View (show other bugs)
Version: 2.3-GIT
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Amarok Developers
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Reported: 2006-10-30 11:16 UTC by Alf Eaton
Modified: 2024-06-19 18:48 UTC (History)
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Description Alf Eaton 2006-10-30 11:16:05 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

At the moment, the only way to get a link to Google Music Search is to click the name of a Related Artist in the context browser, and for that artist to not be in your library.

The Google Music Search link should be available at all times: for the currently playing artist and for artists already in your library. A good place would be a 'Links for $CURRENT_ARTIST' block below the 'Related Artists' block.
Comment 1 Alf Eaton 2006-10-30 22:36:03 UTC 
Actually I was mistaken, the link does show up when you have an artist in your library as well. Would still be nice to get a link for the currently playing artist though.
Comment 2 Alf Eaton 2008-01-08 12:05:11 UTC 
I was able to get this to work quite well using a plugin that writes to the ContextBrowser pane, though it's a bit flaky: if the ContextBrowser window is rewritten the added box is lost.

http://hublog.hubmed.org/archives/001585.html
Comment 3 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-08-03 12:24:37 UTC 
Sounds like a perfect task for a script, made much easier with the new scripting interface in Amarok 2.
Comment 4 Tuomas Nurmi 2024-06-19 18:48:34 UTC 
Closing as https://www.google.com/musicsearch/ has been 404 since 2018.