Filed under: iTS, Multimedia, iTunes, Apple, Music
Apple launches iTunes Preview for external browser links
Currently it only seems to work with music -- movies and television only get a small thumbnail, and applications get the same old gray page. But that'll probably change before long -- it's much smoother to see what you're clicking through to, and of course there's the added bonus for people who don't actually have iTunes installed. As MacWorld points out, there are actually no "preview" buttons on the page -- you can't listen to music there, only click through to the iTunes store. But like I said, it's better than a blank window and a browser popup asking for your permission. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see this grow a lot more in the future.
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vandil said 9:43AM on 11-13-2009
It's the little "user experience" tweaks to the fit and finish of Apple products and services that keep me an Apple customer. I "switched" in 2004.
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ds said 9:44AM on 11-13-2009
I'd noticed this yesterday, and it made me smile. Always good to have a preview of those phobos links.
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Tony C said 10:06AM on 11-13-2009
It really should have been a feature long ago... Wonder what took so long for them to implement?
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Ben Lawson said 10:21AM on 11-13-2009
Nice! I wish there was an easy way to embed the audio preview (and click thru) in a web page. I usually put a link to the song I'm listening to while writing a post, it would be nice for readers to be able play the preview without leaving the page.
Currently I copy the link from the iTunes store and paste that in along with an album art thumbnail. Pretty laborious...
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iceman said 10:28AM on 11-13-2009
since itunes 9 you need the new safari to get to the itunes store. looks like they switched their itunes store code to a regular html code.
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hmcnally said 11:07AM on 11-13-2009
Finally.
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dvashawn said 2:46PM on 11-13-2009
Nice choice of preview album!!
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Erik said 3:16PM on 11-13-2009
They still need a public API that allows me to query against their product database.
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samuel said 8:35PM on 11-13-2009
It still forces iTunes to open, which is still annoying.
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