The developers of the open source Amarok audio player launched version 2.0 last month with a completely new user interface and a lot of really impressive new features. Although the 2.0 release delivered some great stuff, it was missing some important features from the 1.4 series.

The first point update since the 2.0 release, version 2.0.1.1, was announced yesterday. It addresses a security issue and also brings back a nice assortment of features, including support for searching and filtering playlists and queuing songs. Several additional features for web music services and portable audio devices have been implemented and many bugs have been fixed. A few other highlights include enhanced Librivox functionality and support for sorting collections by composer. Cross-platform compatibility got a little boost in this release, too. Growl is now used for notifications on Mac OS X and the Windows version is now described as "usable".

The developers are working on a lot of more significant changes that we could see in the 2.1 release. Leo Franchi recently wrote about some ideas to improve the usability of the context view and Nikolaj Hald Nielsen has written about a new bookmark system and playlist improvements.

For more details about version 2.0.1.1, check out the official release notes. The source code and various installers are available from the project's web site.