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Napster

Description:

Napster, the pioneer of digital music, offers the ultimate in interactive music experiences, creating better ways to discover, share, acquire and enjoy music anytime, anywhere. The company's flagship service, Napster, is the ultimate digital music package, offering unlimited on-demand music streaming as well as downloadable MP3s for one's permanent collection playable on any MP3 compatible device, including iPod®, iPhone® and all MP3 music-enabled mobile phones. The company's online service is available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany and Japan. Napster Mobile, one of the industry's fastest growing mobile music platforms, provides the premier mobile music experience for customers in select markets around the world.

Role:
Front-end Developer
Duties:
  • Collaborated on writing/refactoring site wide Javascript system.
  • Writing the base CSS for the core web service (home.napster.com).
  • Rewriting and refactoring the Napster web player for version 4.0 and 4.5 (using Javascript/Actionscript 2.0).
  • Writing AJAX interfaces for visual formatting, player functionality, track displays, and other portions of the service.
  • Porting old version of javascript framework used throughout the site (Dojo 0.4) to current version at the time (Dojo 1.2.3).
  • Writing new "tip of the day" system for first 3 sessions of service use.
  • Wrote scripts to help facilitate an inline installation experience of the Napster Download Manager.
  • Prototyped a separate verision of the Napster download manager for Adobe AIR.
  • Worked and reworked necessary front-end systems facilitating Napster's subscription plus track credits.
URL:
http://www.napster.com

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