HTML 5 audio player demo

To teach myself a little about HTML 5 and its built-in support for rich media, I built a proof-of-concept HTML5 audio player, written entirely in HTML 5, JQuery and CSS 3. It more or less replaces all the functionality of the Flash audio player on my music site.

It took a little over two hours starting from nothing. Developed it in Safari 4.0 and works great with that browser. Haven't yet tested it in Firefox 3.5, which claims HTML 5 audio/video media support as well. (UPDATE: Firefox doesn't support the MP3 format. You're stuck with Ogg or WAV.) It "works" in Mobile Safari on my iPhone 3G, but it's not pretty: the audio element is visible and the MP3 launches a Quicktime player.

Think what you want about the iPad and Apple's non-support of Adobe Flash. If you're a web developer and not excited about creating rich media experiences with HTML, Javascript and CSS, you just might be a dried-out husk.

Feel free to hack this code. You can send screenshots (links only, please!) and bug reports to me here.