Experimental Feature: Listen to Podcasts

I’ve put in a little proof of concept feature for testing and feedback: the ability to listen to podcasts/mp3s attached to items. Right now, this is only available in non-IE browsers and embeds the audio in the item when you click the “play” button for the enclosure. It may be a better choice to bring up a persistent media player area in the UI (or a popup player) so that you don’t have to stay on an item while listening to a podcast.

I started playing with this idea because several folks asked me about it at MashupCamp last week. I’ve generally opened the MP3 file in a new tab when I want to listen to a podcast for an item, but the folks I spoke with were very excited about the idea of having this built in to a web based reader.

I’m curious to hear your feedback. If it’s popular, we’ll look at doing a proper implementation for a future release.

Posted February 27th, 2006 @ 12:33 AM in Features by Alex

3 Replies to “Experimental Feature: Listen to Podcasts”

  1. Nicolas Hoizey adds this Comment:

    It would be really better in a popup, so that it is possible to read other feeds while listening…

    February 27th, 2006 at 9:48 am
  2. raenoll adds this Comment:

    I prefer using external players to a popup, but a built-in to a popup. That’s obvious. :)

    February 27th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
  3. Uncleshag adds this Comment:

    I prefer using external players to a popup, but a built-in to a popup. That’s obvious.

    Agreed

    March 9th, 2006 at 8:18 am

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