Longform Updates: Mini Player, Reading Time

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Audio Player
We’ve added an audio player for the Longform Podcast:
• Click “Play in New Window”, and the episode you’re playing will begin in a pop-up player, so you can continue browsing Longform while listening uninterruptly. See the full screenshot.
• If you’re already listening, the original player will pause, and the pop-up player will immediately being where you left off.
Below the player, you can see a full list of all Longform Podcast episodes, grouped by month/year, so you can choose from the archive of 200+ episodes.
• The player is fully responsive, and you can also navigate directly to it at longform.org/player. Give it a try!

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Reading Time
Even in Longform, some artices are bigger than others, so we’re now showing estimated reading times for text articles. Fact: the longest pick ever is Moby Dick, or, shall I say, ”The Time I Spent On A Commercial Whaling Ship Totally Changed My Perspective On The World” on Clickhole, at over 200.000 words long. See a screenshot.

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Visual Tweaks on Podcast posts
Now with a wider player, episode duration displayed before starting playback, and larger artwork/photo next to the episode’s name. See a screenshot.