Almost 3 months ago we announced our new HTML5 widget player. Since then we have spent a lot of time gathering your feedback, testing, bug fixing, talking to the browser vendors and improving the user interface. We were glad to hear about your experiences using the widget, we have seen an incredible uptake in sharing of the sounds played in the new widgets. With the mobile browser support we were finally able to fullfil one the main feature requests.

From the very beginning of this project we were convinced that we should bring as much of the SoundCloud experience to our widgets as possible, features that go beyond just listening to the sounds.

Today we are adding two major new features to our HTML5 widgets – Comments and Likes. This means that from now on you’re able to comment on sounds embedded anywhere on the web and you can save them as a favorite on SoundCloud too.

Also, we are proud to announce that today we are officially switching our default widget to be the HTML5 widget. We also know that our major partners plan to support it in the near future. Of course the old Flash widget will be still available if you need it as an alternative option.

Be inspired

This week we are welcoming you back to school with SoundCloud 101, our resource pages where we give you some tips and tricks on the important features of SoundCloud and take you through the step by step processes of how to get the most out of them. We also showcase interesting use cases we’ve seen SoundClouders come up with in the past . This can be a particularly creative way they’ve used one of the SoundCloud features or something completely new we hadn’t thought of before.

Dive into the SoundCloud 101′s to find an easily navigable categorized resource for inspiration and guidance.

Here is the breakdown:

• Learn about The Basics – everything from uploading to recording and more!
• Discover some tips and tricks about Sharing your sounds.
• Master the SoundCloud Widgets and Players .
• Check out awesome Apps and tools that play well with SoundCloud at our Integrations section.
• Roll up your sleeves for some extra credit at our Masterclasses section.
• Finally, discover the best ways to use SoundCloud in our SoundCloud For… section.

Here’s how you can get involved: SoundCloud 101′s are not only a great resource for SoundClouders to learn how to use our product in interesting ways, it is also a place for you to share with us your SoundCloud use case or story.

Have you done something particularly cool with SoundCloud and want a chance to be featured showing others how to do it? Then please send us a note to contact+stories[at]soundcloud[dot]com, and we’ll get in touch about how to put together a 101!

In the meantime get inspired in the SoundCloud 101 section now and as always, let us know what you think in the comments. You know we love getting your feedback.