ajaxTunes is a new product from Michael Robertson's ajaxLaunch (also known as Ajax 13, also responsible for ajaxWrite, ajaxXLS, and ajaxSketch) that lets you stick a little music player on any web page, similar to
Flash MP3 Player but, of course, with Ajax. The player is attractive and works as advertised, but the ajaxTunes web site does a very poor job of explaining how to use it with your own playlists and music. The instructions are on
this page and require you to code your own playlists in
XSPF, an open XML playlist format. ajaxTunes also comes with a "music locker" service that gives you access to some 40,000 tracks from independent (read: uknown) artists. ajaxTunes isn't as customizable as Flash MP3 Player, but if Flash isn't your thing (and Ajax) is, it might be worth checking out.
Update: Reader Kim points out that ajaxTunes does use Flash, which makes that last sentence pretty much moot. Thanks, Kim.
Tags: ajax, ajax13, ajaxlaunch, ajaxtunes, audio, javascript, music
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Subscribe to commentsKimAug 11th 2006 5:19PM
hmm as far as I can see, this is a flash component and nothing else.... completely misuse of the buzzword Ajax. It might communicate in some form of ajax, but that is just about it. even the gui is flash. nice with the locker though!
Adam PodolnickAug 11th 2006 6:29PM
It's most likely a flash movie that uses flash's ExternalInterface to communicate, using javascript, with the flash movie. The funny thing is that ExternalInterface is synchronous, so unless there is something else going on, it's not even asynchronous therefore only leaving the "jax" as the XSPF playlists are in xml. Perhaps they are saying that the music manager and not the player is ajax?
Textbook CaseAug 12th 2006 3:19AM
I love that they call it Ajax just to get it some notice. I love it even more if they use both Ajax and Flash, excluding every non-Flash-capable AND every non-Ajax-capable user out there.