digg.com use my Audio Player
Yesterday, TechCrunch reported on digg.com launching two new sections: Podcasts and Videos.
I found out this morning that digg are using my Audio Player for their Podcasts section which is really cool. Incidentally, I also found out that TalkCrunch, the weekly TechCrunch podcast site, also use my player (via the excellent PodPress plugin).
This news has given me another motivation boost to complete the next release of my Audio Player. Features for version 2 will definitely include:
- Simple standalone option for non-WordPress websites
- Better handling of simultaneous open players (using my friend Pete’s excellent LcBroadcast class)
- Better handling of bandwidth usage: pause button also pauses download. Note: This feature can be turned off.
- Volume control
- More options to control the interface (like removing certain elements such as titles)
- WordPress version will include JavaScript method to embed player (great news for IE users)
- Player will be resizeable (well, its width anyway)
March 3rd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
hey mate,
I love your audioplayer, and am using it to begin a podcast at my site. I’m so glad to hear you’re getting a good response… you deserve it.
One feature EVERY player is missing is buffering the next song in the playlist.
If it would buffer the very next song in the playlist, that would remove the delay between tracks and let you have seamless playlists… Other than that I can’t fault it. Slick code and slick design…
January 19th, 2007 at 7:50 am
That is awsome that they use your audio player. I think it is perfect. It is compact and very customizable. I am using it on my site, and I want to say thank you.
December 21st, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Great job! After trying a bunch of different audio plug-ins, yours stood out in style, ease of use, and customization. I recognized immediately when I saw it on digg.
Keep up the good work. I look forward to version 2.
December 21st, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Vincent: Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll see what I can do.
December 21st, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Make the new version so that we can make the colors to be default? I changed the colors previously, but want the default color scheme now - but have no idea how to. Just my 2 cents.
December 20th, 2006 at 1:18 am
It was thru digg that I found out about your cool player. Great job!
December 19th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
Congratulations Martin, that’s awesome news!
December 19th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Hey congrats Martin, thats probably about as good a recommendation as you can get. Looking forward to v2.
December 19th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
BN: It depends on the type of use. If you have many players on a page, it would definitely be useful. But don’t worry, I am aware that this feature isn’t for everyone so I will make it an option.
December 19th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Pause button pauses download? I think this is not a good idea. The people with slow connections use to start playing and then pausing for the download to finish before starting the play. This is sometimes the only way you can use to listen the whole audio file without any cuts.
Think about it.
BN
BTW… great player.