QuickTime 64-bit Chrome Plugin

It is incredible that there is not a huge outcry about QuickTime croaking in Chrome 64-bit. Google Chrome has been the most used browser since early 2012. For me to attempt to tell my site visitors to switch to another browser is silly. Apple is still offering widget creation tools in its iTunes Affiliates program – widgets that don't work in Chrome 64. Why isn't Apple on top of this? PHG – Performance Horizon Group – which administers the iTunes Affiliates program is clueless. They have not given me any useful advice since I submitted a ticket two weeks ago. iTunes Affiliate Support said:

"This is the affiliate program, we are marketing and not engineers. Widgets use quicktime in order to function, so I will report this to my manager, but we must all wait until it is fixed by the appropriate parties. iTunes Affiliate Program"

The ticket was closed as solved. I reopened it, stated my issues again, and this was the new response:

"The tools have evolved since then, and iMix is now Collections. I apologize for the inconvenience here. Please let us know we can assist with Collections. Best Regards, iTunes Affiliate Program"

That is not correct! iMix is now the iTunes Playlist Widget. The iTunes Playlist Widget (like the old iMix) previews selected songs in an iFrame without leaving the site where it is embedded. Collections, by contrast, is an HTML <a href> link that takes you directly to the iTunes app where you can preview selected songs.

It appears to have nothing to do with the QuickTime plug-in. Google Chrome as a browser seems to have restricted its use.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2049366/firefox-and-chrome-give-browser-plug-ins- the-cold-shoulder.html

Apple doesn't develop for Google and can't fix its issues:

http://www.cnet.com/news/soon-to-be-banned-chrome-browser-plugins-get-reprieve/

The trouble is that your current page code calls for a plug-in and Google has said no to them. The iTunes widget code doesn't work in Chrome.

Your code will not work on iPhones or iPads and many other devices that don't support plug-ins.

Time for a rewrite and a move to HTML 5.

"Time for a rewrite and a move to HTML 5."

Yes, this is exactly what I am talking about. Who wrote the iTunes widget code? I see the javascript include that is part of the iframe which invokes Quicktime but I myself cannot rewrite that code – it's too complicated. Apple ought to rewrite the widgets that are part of the iTunes Affiliates program. I guess we have no one here who cares about this. Maybe I am the only one who has a web site full of iTunes Playlist Widgets (not old iMixes) that stopped working in Chrome 64. Apple could write a 64-bit Quicktime extension and petition Google to whitelist it. That's one solution. I agree that the better solution is an iTunes Playlist Widget rewritten for HTML5. Maybe I will have to write it myself, after all.

What I find particularly silly are issues like Apple.com's trailers page not working in Chrome at all now. The most popular browser. If HTML5 <video> tags are the new standard, okay. And if Apple is butt hurt about the QuickTime plugin not being invited to the party, okay. But how long is it going to let all its QuickTime tools whither on the web?

Fantastic point iamskwerl. Apple's own website doesn't work on Chrome, which would seem to encourage apple to make a 64 bit version of quicktime. I haven't used Safari for a very long time on my Mac, BUT Chrome should also be accommodating since it benefits them to have all websites, especially Apple's, work with their browser.

Is there any solution in progress?!?

Want to follow these because I'm also not glad with the not-working-quicktime plug-in

Nils

Here is my solution

www.tinybun.com

Ban the use of Chrome on my site.