There doesn’t seem to be much going on with Google Reader
after the misguided feature cut
caused by the “integration” with Google Plus. The
latest blog post is from late October last year and they also haven’t
updated their Twitter account since then. I only noticed a couple of days ago
that they changed the built-in player used for enclosed music files. Instead of
the Flash-based
solution used until recently, the new player uses native HTML5 audio
controls, probably in browsers who support the feature – I currently use Google
Chrome and I don’t have other compatible browsers to test. I suppose this move comes
in the wake of Adobe retiring Flash support for Android, but curiously the
mobile version of Google Reader doesn’t show music files in podcasts at all…
The feature is still work-in-progress and has some bugs as reported by several users on Twitter. For example if you use ‘Popout’, the player doesn’t work in the new window; the controls show up, but are unresponsive. The volume control could use a bit of redesigning as well, because it’s too small and you cannot change the volume without completely muting, except if you go into full-screen mode. In any case, it’s nice to see Google hasn’t forgotten Reader completely…
@EXDE601E @googlereader now I get the window with the player in it but it doesn't work...
— Debbie (@MrsOneWattle) July 1, 2012
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