Plug-in Free MP3 Player
January 8, 2008
Kudos to the whole team at Yahoo!
Yahoo just released a plug-in free musci player
I know for many people this looks like a small thing. A player. So what. There are tons of them.
I cannot emphasize enough how relevant I think this is. But in fact it is clearly illustrates the needed paradigm shift in media play thinking. All you need is a modern browser - no plugins required for a rich media experience.
For followers and adopters of XSPF, it is highly unlikely that broad adoption of the standard would have ever taken place without a player reference.
Unlike the XSPF player, it's not open source. But supposedly it is quite hackable. We'll see. I'm not so sure I like the idea of my player being hosted outside of my domain (even if it is Yahoo).
:)
Support much appreciated, David. Way cool.
About the issue of incorporating code hosted elsewhere, I know what you mean. It's the one aspect of our design that I don't like. It's really crucial, though, because this is what lets us keep the install down to a copy-and-paste job, and because it lets us maintain and improve the player at web speed. Also, there are features that are backed by web services that we host, so in a lot of ways the thing is a web app rather than a portable piece of software.
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Nothing wrong with offering a quality Web App. If we look at it like that, I guess I don't really have a concern. I ca nchoose to use it or not, like any other Web app, and there is nothing stopping others from offering their own take on it, I guess. So long as we embrace the same data formats: MP3/hAudio/XSPF
I would surmise that there is huge value in keeping it as a Yahoo managed Web app, since Yahoo can be come a central hub for music listening data, which I can only assume will eventually offer some revenue opportunities. Which I by the way think is a good thing.
This is good for music. :)
thanks
mp3 player, thank you to write about. Was the benefit is for me.