Comments on: in-page navigation for music sites / how-to http://gonze.com/blog/2009/05/15/in-page-navigation-for-music-sites-how-to/ internet music technology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Kantor http://gonze.com/blog/2009/05/15/in-page-navigation-for-music-sites-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3400 Dan Kantor Tue, 19 May 2009 22:45:36 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=1624#comment-3400 Continuous play is a tough one when embedding into another site. Other than pop-out, there really isn't a good solution. For music sites, it makes sense to use AJAX to not do a page refresh, but then you are just fighting the way browsers are meant to work and Google. Of course it can be done, but it is a lot of extra work to make sure the back button works on all browsers and make sure your content is still indexable and to make sure your url structure doesn't get completely ridiculous for people passing around links. It looks like HTML5 will solve some of the back button issues. Google is committed to indexing Flash but I haven't heard anything about AJAX. Continuous play is a tough one when embedding into another site. Other than pop-out, there really isn’t a good solution.

For music sites, it makes sense to use AJAX to not do a page refresh, but then you are just fighting the way browsers are meant to work and Google. Of course it can be done, but it is a lot of extra work to make sure the back button works on all browsers and make sure your content is still indexable and to make sure your url structure doesn’t get completely ridiculous for people passing around links.

It looks like HTML5 will solve some of the back button issues. Google is committed to indexing Flash but I haven’t heard anything about AJAX.

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://gonze.com/blog/2009/05/15/in-page-navigation-for-music-sites-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3395 Lucas Gonze Sat, 16 May 2009 06:16:35 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=1624#comment-3395 What I like about Hype Machine is that I get a sense of the zeitgeist. What I do otherwise is go to the same few music blogs whose URLs are ingrained in my memory. What I like about Hype Machine is that I get a sense of the zeitgeist. What I do otherwise is go to the same few music blogs whose URLs are ingrained in my memory.

]]> By: Matt Hite http://gonze.com/blog/2009/05/15/in-page-navigation-for-music-sites-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3394 Matt Hite Sat, 16 May 2009 05:48:06 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=1624#comment-3394 Bingo! The convenience of the Hype Machine player to quickly explore music without hopping from site to site is why I love it. It's what keeps me coming back to their site rather than just following music blogs in my RSS reader. Bingo! The convenience of the Hype Machine player to quickly explore music without hopping from site to site is why I love it. It’s what keeps me coming back to their site rather than just following music blogs in my RSS reader.

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