Universal Media Keys

I will admit, when I first encountered Sway FM's Universal Media Keys extension I was skeptical. My pessimism got the best of me and I assumed it was buggy as my previous experiences with keyboard remapping have rarely been pleasant. Fortunately, as usual, I was wrong. The software does just what it claims - allows you to use your built-in keyboard audio controls for playback of all sorts of web destinations - primary Soundcloud, Mixcloud and Bandcamp for me.

Maybe I'm getting a little too niche here but as an avid OSX / Chrome user, I really appreciate the ability to not have to find whatever tab is making noise and quickly try to mute it. Get it.