HTML 5 & DJ'IN // Beatport launches new site
The folks @Beatport (including my bro @ClarkWarner) just flipped the switch on a stunning HTML 5 site / store. It's a great example of building with HTML 5 so that your platform can scale to many devices, unlike Flash.
The player functionality is quite nice and similar to iTunes functionality where you can listen to the track next to the track name. That said, if there is one flaw on this, iTunes allows you to click to Play but it also allows you to Pause too. Beatports approach is to have to move your mouse up to the top of the page where the player controls are. Sorry Matt & Co., it ain't working for me. But I'm not a DJ, so what the fuck do I know.
Regardless of that one minor point, this is a shining example of a great build and design. Beatports always been an innovator and invested in by some very innovative artists, such as Richie Hawtin (Plastikman), so it's no surprise that they've push for forward-thinking technology.
Well done guys!
So get up on it!
If you're not fimilar with Beatport...
Beatport is the recognized leader of electronic music downloads by DJs and fans alike delivering content in premium-encoded formats that match the professional performance quality standards of the world's leading sound systems. Beatport.com allows users to access the world of club music through secure, legal, hi-speed, high quality downloads in MP3, MP4 and WAV formats on a pay per download basis from an impressive library of the world's leading independent labels.
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