Release notes jPlayer 0.2.3 : jQuery mp3 player plugin

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jPlayer 0.2.3 beta Release notes

Released: 22nd June 2009
Added HTML5 support for the <audio> element on compliant browsers that can play mp3 format. At release, only the WebKit nightly builds for Mac OS X has implemented HTML5 support for mp3 format.
Revised coding of constructor option function ready() along with the methods jPlayer.onSoundComplete(fn) and jPlayer.onProgressChange(fn) to enable the use of $(this) within the user defined functions.
Fixed bug with multiple instances, where using: jPlayer.setFile(f) twice, jPlayer.stop(), jPlayer.playHead(p) or jPlayer.playHeadTime(t) on an instance that had never been played using jPlayer.play() would cause all sounds to stop, regardless of the jPlayer instance.
Added the constructor option volume to enable setting of the initial volume value.
Reviewed the naming of jPlayer's internal methods to improve compatibility with other plugins.

Released: 20th May 2009
Renamed jPlayer.change(file) to jPlayer.setFile(file) to avoid jQuery naming conflict with the jQuery.change(fn) event.
Appropriate jPlayer methods now return a pointer to $(this), which enables chaining.
Removed the jPlayer.changeAndPlay(file) method, as chaining makes this redundent.
Added a check for Flash 8 and if not installed, gives a warning and a link to the Flash plugin. Adapted the function checkForFlash from FlashReplace by Robert Nyman.
Changed the getMovie() in the plugin to always return the document[fid]. Previously, Internet Explorer would return window[fid] instead. This removes a browser conditional statement, which was found to be redundent since the plugin adds the Flash object to the document definition in IE.
Debugged jPlayer.playHead(p) so that it could be used immediately after jPlayer.setFile(file) without needing a jPlayer.play() command prior to it.
Added a new method called jPlayer.playHeadTime(t) to make the play head jump to the time defined in seconds.