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blip.tv — In this screencast, some features of an iPhone MySpace Web Application are shown off. Included is listening to music from bands on MySpace as well as photo albums, and much more. (You’re going to want to click the full screen button on this one, so you can see it all in detail.)

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 21, 2008

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  • PolarPyro, on 04/21/2008, -4/+122looks just like http://iphone.facebook.com
  • wallryan, on 04/21/2008, -15/+121i still want flash on my iphone
  • CrimsonBlur, on 04/21/2008, -0/+77So basically this guy copied the Facebook iPhone application but changed it to MySpace... awesome work? What does this have to do with Flash anyway?
  • WinnemuccaMac, on 04/21/2008, -12/+78"Flash On The iPhone? - Who Needs it?"

    Anyone who likes to use the rest of "the real internet". Even the losers on MySpace.
  • richgustavson, on 04/21/2008, -2/+61I like how the iPhone MySpace interface is better than the full WWW MySpace interface.
  • 80hd, on 04/21/2008, -2/+53Could that look any more like a direct rip of iphone.facebook.com?!?
    Mark is pissed.
  • Nyaos, on 04/21/2008, -6/+51Wow myspace looks decent when it's on the iPhone version.
  • Heaiser, on 04/21/2008, -2/+46I don't want MySpace on my computer, let alone my phone...
  • NyteStarNyne, on 04/21/2008, -1/+37But does it play Redtube?
  • skidooer, on 04/21/2008, -1/+28Because it's identical to the iPhone version of Facebook?
  • crashposition, on 04/21/2008, -0/+26Irony police: The video in the link is in Flash.
  • IvanB, on 04/21/2008, -1/+24It's because it's a total ripoff of Facebook's iPhone interface.
  • alexp2ad, on 04/21/2008, -2/+24Shows potential for other applications? It's just the Facebook UI stolen, and with MySpace music added, which is a simple embed to any competent web coder...
    And when I say the Facebook UI is stolen, I mean literally stolen, not just kinda copied... like, he must have just saved the CSS and JS files.
  • hungarianhc, on 04/21/2008, -3/+25Wow he ripped off the facebook UI. So innovative.
  • topgigmedia, on 04/21/2008, -1/+20It only makes sense to have Flash (at least as an option) so that users can have a complete Web experience. For those of you that keep mentioning Flash as merely a way to deliver ads... you are either being silly or just don't want to admit that much of the widely used content on the Web targets the Flash player. Video, many RIAs, etc all leverage Flash.

    I have proposed that when Flash does come to the iPhone, that it be an option in the admin panel that you can either turn completely off, on, or have it be activated by a user having the option to click on an object on a page (to activate). This 3-tier approach would might just appease all users :)
  • fuseideas, on 04/21/2008, -2/+20I already have Flash on my iPhone:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdurwin/1195230311/
  • bsdboy, on 04/21/2008, -0/+17Last logged in 38 years ago.
  • mobilehavoc, on 04/21/2008, -3/+19WTF? How is an iPhone optimized MySpace page the equivalent or even better than Flash?!? This is lame.
  • logicalnoise, on 04/21/2008, -2/+18last time I checked zero punctuation is exclusively on flash video.
  • 89vision, on 04/21/2008, -2/+17now try a for loop
  • OneManArmy, on 04/21/2008, -0/+13because the usual myspace site heavily relies on flash when it comes to things like music playback. This means it won't work on the iPhone. But using this web app flash is not required.
  • timdorr, on 04/21/2008, -2/+15Great plagiarism as ever!

    What's funny is the guy has the balls to tell people not to steal it in the URL: http://www.abiel.org/code-secret/iphonemyspace-sec ...

    And even more irony: http://abiel.org/2008/03/29/why-i-hate-myspace/ One of his nits to pick with MySpace is that they copy Facebook features. Seriously? Is this guy for real?
  • inactive, on 04/21/2008, -0/+13And that is why I need flash on the iphone
  • mindsnare, on 04/21/2008, -0/+12Considering it wasn't written by anyone working for MySpace, that would be kinda silly.
  • ramsinks.com, on 04/21/2008, -0/+9Is MySpace still a website?
  • indraneel24, on 04/21/2008, -1/+9Ramen.
  • wedges, on 04/21/2008, -4/+12this is a web app
  • LoungeActx, on 04/21/2008, -0/+8Yeah, when you rip off a decent iPhone site, you can even make myspace look good.
  • thinsoldier, on 04/21/2008, -1/+9and 99% of the entertainment on Newgrounds.com can't be done with current xhtml, css & javascript.
  • Bookwrym, on 04/21/2008, -0/+8When the iphone lets me listen to Pandora, I will be happy.
  • djh816, on 04/21/2008, -1/+9I'd still much rather have flash then a myspace webapp...
  • etx313, on 04/21/2008, -2/+10if statements will really blow your mind.
  • beingdevious, on 04/21/2008, -1/+8buried for not having ANYTHING to do with flash on the iphone.



    ...and myspace is for losers with e-friends
  • MAGZine, on 04/22/2008, -2/+9"Who needs Flash, you have MySpace!". That's what I hear.
  • JSager, on 04/21/2008, -0/+7Flash is very much something that I want on my iPhone and I am continually irritated that it's not there.

    More than anything else, I want to be able to use flex applications in my iphone, and I cannot. Honestly, the last thing I want, as both a user and an application developer, is to have multiple user interfaces for the same product. Like it or not, Flash is a mainstay of the real web, and until the iPhone has it, I will still feel like I only have 90% of the web.
  • veracon, on 04/21/2008, -0/+7Was anyone else annoyed by those little ads that kept popping up inside the video area?
  • jeffrehl, on 04/21/2008, -2/+9It looks exactly like the facebook app because he stole the code. Most of the Javascript functions still have "fb" ahead of them and the stylesheet loads all the images STRAIGHT OFF FACEBOOK.COM. Check it out for yourself: http://abiel.org/code-secret/iphonemyspace-secret- ...
  • indiekiduk, on 04/21/2008, -3/+9no, because there's no ugly background, cheesy gif flashing animations and 120pt bright yellow fonts.
  • zcollvee, on 04/21/2008, -0/+6yep. He likes FB more than Mspace
  • orly, on 04/21/2008, -0/+6When you click an mp3/wav link on an iPhone it redirects Safari to a Quicktime control that allows you to play/pause it. If the only time you use flash is to play songs on myspace then I suppose you are set, otherwise, this is not a replacement for Flash.
  • 80hd, on 04/21/2008, -0/+6I've actually seen that list before and honestly, they're impressive sites - which is why they're best experienced at home IMO. I wouldn't watch a good movie for the first time on a palm sized screen
  • 80hd, on 04/21/2008, -0/+6What's a loop?
  • digitalpencil, on 04/21/2008, -3/+8^^ How exactly is flash slow and low-quality?
    Slow flash apps are due to crap AS, video quality is now H.264, audio AAC. I've never understood all the hating on Flash, the possibilities with AS3 are astounding and the vast majority of UI solutions that migrate to AJAX/CSS solutions are conceived in Flash in the first place.
    Things like the carousel, lightbox, thumb-scrollers, practically every rich UI photo/video gallery and nav are all born of Flash.. It has revolutionized the web, is the most pervasive plugin on the planet and has brought streaming video to every machine with a Flash player, bypassing codec/player incompatibility, being truly cross-browser.
    People seem to winge about it being closed-source but there is a huge OSFlash community and it's the dev's decision if they don't want you butchering/recycling their code. This is after all, our living.. having a skillset that sets you apart from every other kid lifting pre-written scripts off the web, largley creating the same generic, template-based crap as everyone else is kind of important in finding employment.
  • djh816, on 04/21/2008, -0/+5it's not the official myspace mobile page. that one sucks.
  • imthemoviebuff, on 04/21/2008, -3/+7hmmm...what should we do for myspace's web app...

    I KNOW! LET'S COPY FACEBOOK'S APPLICATION EXACTLY!
    good idea. not. myspace sucks
  • SeaBass22, on 04/21/2008, -1/+5while(DarkDx)
    digg--;
  • 80hd, on 04/21/2008, -2/+6just recently, facebook overtook myspace in google search queries. That makes me smile.
  • FetalSage, on 04/21/2008, -0/+4I'd much rather see him design a more unique layout of his mobile myspace instead of just ripping off the Facebook app.

    Though, he's doing a much better job at creating a mobile version of myspace than myspace itself.
  • repmekevets, on 04/21/2008, -0/+4myspace sucks ass
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