Favtape is a service that has been talked about everywhere lately. many tout it as “Like Muxtape but better†or “Music Revolutionâ€, etc, etc. while that kind of hype is of course too carried away and irresponsible. it would say that Favtape is one of best service around. it is not just based of from Muxtape. it is riffing Last.fm and Radio.Blog.Log too. it is pretty much like a mashup of things from those 3 services. the site is from muxtape. the discovery is from last.fm and the widget playlist sharing comes from Radio.Blog.Log. you get the idea. not that it is a bad thing. for the contrary. it is a brilliant implementation. Revisionism as it best.
The last part is what should be interesting to those reading Widgets Lab of course. so lets jump to that part. Favtape allows you to generate a automatic playlist from a search, from a year or by your own tailoring, etc. once you have generated a playlist. you get a “share†option link.
Once you click it you launch a window with the instantly operable and shareable music playlist widget generated from favtape.
The progression on being able to generate a automatic flash music widget is not the evolved thing. the fact it took me less than minute and that it comes widget a High Spread Sharing module to redistribute the widget/playlist is where progress is seen. in this case it is is using gigya wildfire.
That extreme easiness is what makes Favtape so good and the thing why people are getting nuts about it right now. there is only one single thing i don`t like. the flash widget generated used the XSPF Web Music Player code for a easy implementation i guess. it is a good widget because it is really light and straightforward. but its look is SOOOO UGLY AND DATED. it was ugly and dated back when it was launched. but now it truly looks like something that came out of 1999. it really needs a reskinning. i hope it can get a new skin because it truly needs it. beyond that. i think Favtape is the best and fastest “no frills†option to get a full song streaming music widget everywhere without any effort and in less than one minute (no account needed) for free.that kind of convenience and low entry barrier is hard to beat even if there are more robust and better services out there.
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