On 1/30/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, Mike, I hadn't read what you'd written - just Steve's reply. > I should have been clearer. There *are* links back to your website > in the fucking interface :-), to allow you to read and comment.
btw... sorry for using the f*ck word... was late :P I see what you're talking about. > If you click on the top line of each subscribed podcast in the > podcast section, a little arrow appears to the right of the name. > That links back to the site. Yeap. > You can click the "i" at the very right of each podcast episode to > preview the post's accompanying text. Then, if you want to read more > and comment, click the arrow to go to the site. It's not quite as > good as a permalink or watching it on the site, but it's not as bad > as you made out. Yeap. Now I want an API for itunes so it can support digg links! I'm only somewhat joking. Clearly every other webservice and aggregator has all sorts of mechanisms for interoperability... itunes is VERY closed. Just want people to relize that. I mean if we can't get permalinks back to your site then how do you expect people to really share and participate in the dialogue around your media? Peace, -Mike mmeiser.com/blog mefeedia.com > If you've got it open anyway for music, like I always do, it's an > easy way to get distracted and procrastinate, which is great. > > > On 30 Jan 2007, at 10:09, Mike Meiser wrote: > I'm talking about the goddam business end of iTunes. The fucking > interface where you play > videos and podcasts. The place where you actually LISTEN and WATCH > your videos. NOT THE FUCKING DIRECTORY, where your listeners if they > are real listeners go once and then never ever ever again... I'm > talking about the place in itunes where it shows the feeds you have > subscribed to and the items it's downloaded to your computer. > > In that pane... which is where your subscribers will spend 99.9999% of > their time watching your videos... there is not a SINGLE link back to > your website. NONE. FICKING NONE. > > Do people even user itunes!? > > I sometimes wonder. Because I find it the worst piece of shit > experience ever for watching videos. I don't know about anyone else... > but I find reading the accompanying post for the video... and going > and leaving a comment or visiting the original vlog on occassion a > compelling and essential part of the experience.... but iTunes POS > interface doesn't have ANY of this important meta info. > > -Mike > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
