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December 3, 2007
It might be a stretch to say that Yahoo's new Flash music player, Easylistener, "plays" the web, but it comes close. One feature that sets it apart from many other embeddable music players is that it not only can read standard playlist formats such as XSPF, M3U, and ASX, but it can search RSS and ATOM feeds, or inside any web page, for mp3 links. There is also a philosophy - one that comes from the love of music shared by Yahoo! Media Innovation Group developers William White and Joseph Magnani. As William White says in the announcement post:
Easylistener is different. It's not about promoting a particular product or service. It’s about embracing a new ideology – one of free-flowing music and ideas, shared via the web by real people who love music.
Easylistener adapts to both small and large spaces, so it can fit in tiny blog sidebars, thin banner spaces, or even take up a full page. You can easily customize and put Easylistener on your blog or web site by using the Easylistener code creator. Check out a few pages that already have it running: Swedelife, songs:illinois, Indie Music Filter, and My Old Kentucky Blog. Feel free to add Easylistener to your MySpace page. If you're on Facebook, the Music Blogs application uses Easylistener.
Jason Levitt
Posted at December 3, 2007 1:50 PM
Hi.
A very good work! But I have a request ...
Is it possible to open the "track info" link in the same window, with a javascript like Lighbox? I don't want to open the "track info" URL in a new window.
I try with ASX syntax but it doesn't work, it still open the URL in a new window.
Thanks, Morgan
Posted by: Morgan at May 7, 2008 5:15 AM
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