From 7405cfc68639b72eea36a1189d816e729c5eb63e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Clay <samuel@ofbrooklyn.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:41:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Removing unused audio handler shim that turned audio into
 flash for older browsers.

---
 media/css/reader/reader.css |   4 -
 media/js/vendor/audio.js    | 722 ------------------------------------
 newsblur_web/assets.yml     |   1 -
 3 files changed, 727 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100755 media/js/vendor/audio.js

diff --git a/media/css/reader/reader.css b/media/css/reader/reader.css
index 2e35a40fd..dbbfd36d2 100644
--- a/media/css/reader/reader.css
+++ b/media/css/reader/reader.css
@@ -4304,10 +4304,6 @@ body {
     display: block;
 }
 
-.audiojs audio {
-    display: none;
-}
-
 /* =============== */
 /* = User Avatar = */
 /* =============== */
diff --git a/media/js/vendor/audio.js b/media/js/vendor/audio.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 98392f129..000000000
--- a/media/js/vendor/audio.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,722 +0,0 @@
-// A cross-browser javascript shim for html5 audio
-(function(audiojs, audiojsInstance, container) {
-  // Use the path to the audio.js file to create relative paths to the swf and player graphics
-  // Remember that some systems (e.g. ruby on rails) append strings like '?1301478336' to asset paths
-  var path = (function() {
-    var re = new RegExp('audio(\.min)?\.js.*'),
-        scripts = document.getElementsByTagName('script');
-    for (var i = 0, ii = scripts.length; i < ii; i++) {
-      var path = scripts[i].getAttribute('src');
-      if(re.test(path))
-      {
-        var f = path.split ( '/' );
-        f.pop ();
-        return f.join ( '/' ) + '/';
-      }
-    }
-    // when no script found, an empty string causes the least confusion.
-    return '';
-  })();
-
-  // ##The audiojs interface
-  // This is the global object which provides an interface for creating new `audiojs` instances.
-  // It also stores all of the construction helper methods and variables.
-  container[audiojs] = {
-    instanceCount: 0,
-    instances: {},
-    // The markup for the swf. It is injected into the page if there is not support for the `<audio>` element. The `$n`s are placeholders.
-    // `$1` The name of the flash movie
-    // `$2` The path to the swf
-    // `$3` Cache invalidation
-    flashSource: '\
-      <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="$1" width="1" height="1" name="$1" style="position: absolute; left: -1px;"> \
-        <param name="movie" value="$2?playerInstance='+audiojs+'.instances[\'$1\']&datetime=$3"> \
-        <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> \
-        <embed name="$1" src="$2?playerInstance='+audiojs+'.instances[\'$1\']&datetime=$3" width="1" height="1" allowscriptaccess="always"> \
-      </object>',
-
-    // ### The main settings object
-    // Where all the default settings are stored. Each of these variables and methods can be overwritten by the user-provided `options` object.
-    settings: {
-      autoplay: false,
-      loop: false,
-      preload: true,
-      imageLocation: path + 'player-graphics.gif',
-      retinaImageLocation: path + 'player-graphics@2x.gif',
-      swfLocation: path + 'audiojs.swf',
-      useFlash: (function() {
-        var a = document.createElement('audio');
-        return !(a.canPlayType && a.canPlayType('audio/mpeg;').replace(/no/, ''));
-      })(),
-      hasFlash: (function() {
-        if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length && navigator.plugins['Shockwave Flash']) {
-          return true;
-        } else if (navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes.length) {
-          var mimeType = navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'];
-          return mimeType && mimeType.enabledPlugin;
-        } else {
-          try {
-            var ax = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');
-            return true;
-          } catch (e) {}
-        }
-        return false;
-      })(),
-      // The default markup and classes for creating the player:
-      createPlayer: {
-        markup: '\
-          <div class="play-pause"> \
-            <p class="play"></p> \
-            <p class="pause"></p> \
-            <p class="loading"></p> \
-            <p class="error"></p> \
-          </div> \
-          <div class="scrubber"> \
-            <div class="progress"></div> \
-            <div class="loaded"></div> \
-          </div> \
-          <div class="time"> \
-            <em class="played">00:00</em>/<strong class="duration">00:00</strong> \
-          </div> \
-          <div class="error-message"></div>',
-        playPauseClass: 'play-pause',
-        scrubberClass: 'scrubber',
-        progressClass: 'progress',
-        loaderClass: 'loaded',
-        timeClass: 'time',
-        durationClass: 'duration',
-        playedClass: 'played',
-        errorMessageClass: 'error-message',
-        playingClass: 'playing',
-        loadingClass: 'loading',
-        errorClass: 'error'
-      },
-      // The css used by the default player. This is is dynamically injected into a `<style>` tag in the top of the head.
-      css: '\
-        .audiojs audio { position: absolute; left: -1px; } \
-        .audiojs { width: 460px; height: 36px; background: #404040; overflow: hidden; font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; \
-          background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #444), color-stop(0.5, #555), color-stop(0.51, #444), color-stop(1, #444)); \
-          background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #444 0%, #555 50%, #444 51%, #444 100%); \
-          -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); \
-          -o-box-shadow: 1px 1px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); box-shadow: 1px 1px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); } \
-        .audiojs .play-pause { width: 25px; height: 40px; padding: 4px 6px; margin: 0px; float: left; overflow: hidden; border-right: 1px solid #000; } \
-        .audiojs p { display: none; width: 25px; height: 40px; margin: 0px; cursor: pointer; } \
-        .audiojs .play { display: block; } \
-        .audiojs .scrubber { position: relative; float: left; width: 280px; background: #5a5a5a; height: 14px; margin: 10px; border-top: 1px solid #3f3f3f; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; } \
-        .audiojs .progress { position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 14px; width: 0px; background: #ccc; z-index: 1; \
-          background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #ccc), color-stop(0.5, #ddd), color-stop(0.51, #ccc), color-stop(1, #ccc)); \
-          background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #ccc 0%, #ddd 50%, #ccc 51%, #ccc 100%); } \
-        .audiojs .loaded { position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 14px; width: 0px; background: #000; \
-          background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #222), color-stop(0.5, #333), color-stop(0.51, #222), color-stop(1, #222)); \
-          background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #222 0%, #333 50%, #222 51%, #222 100%); } \
-        .audiojs .time { float: left; height: 36px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 12px; border-left: 1px solid #000; color: #ddd; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); } \
-        .audiojs .time em { padding: 0px 2px 0px 0px; color: #f9f9f9; font-style: normal; } \
-        .audiojs .time strong { padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; font-weight: normal; } \
-        .audiojs .error-message { float: left; display: none; margin: 0px 10px; height: 36px; width: 400px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 36px; white-space: nowrap; color: #fff; \
-          text-overflow: ellipsis; -o-text-overflow: ellipsis; -icab-text-overflow: ellipsis; -khtml-text-overflow: ellipsis; -moz-text-overflow: ellipsis; -webkit-text-overflow: ellipsis; } \
-        .audiojs .error-message a { color: #eee; text-decoration: none; padding-bottom: 1px; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; white-space: wrap; } \
-        \
-        .audiojs .play { background: url("$1") -2px -1px no-repeat; } \
-        .audiojs .loading { background: url("$1") -2px -31px no-repeat; } \
-        .audiojs .error { background: url("$1") -2px -61px no-repeat; } \
-        .audiojs .pause { background: url("$1") -2px -91px no-repeat; } \
-        \
-        @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), \
-          only screen and (min--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2), \
-          only screen and (min-moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2), \
-          only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2/1), \
-          only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) { \
-            .audiojs .play, .audiojs .loading, .audiojs .error, .audiojs .pause { \
-              background-image: url("$2"); \
-              -webkit-background-size: 30px 120px; \
-              -moz-background-size: 30px 120px; \
-              -o-background-size: 30px 120px; \
-              background-size: 30px 120px; \
-            } \
-        } \
-        \
-        .playing .play, .playing .loading, .playing .error { display: none; } \
-        .playing .pause { display: block; } \
-        \
-        .loading .play, .loading .pause, .loading .error { display: none; } \
-        .loading .loading { display: block; } \
-        \
-        .error .time, .error .play, .error .pause, .error .scrubber, .error .loading { display: none; } \
-        .error .error { display: block; } \
-        .error .play-pause p { cursor: auto; } \
-        .error .error-message { display: block; }',
-      // The default event callbacks:
-      trackEnded: function(e) {},
-      flashError: function() {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer,
-            errorMessage = getByClass(player.errorMessageClass, this.wrapper),
-            html = 'Missing <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">flash player</a> plugin.';
-        if (this.mp3) html += ' <a href="'+this.mp3+'">Download audio file</a>.';
-        container[audiojs].helpers.removeClass(this.wrapper, player.loadingClass);
-        container[audiojs].helpers.addClass(this.wrapper, player.errorClass);
-        errorMessage.innerHTML = html;
-      },
-      loadError: function(e) {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer,
-            errorMessage = getByClass(player.errorMessageClass, this.wrapper);
-        container[audiojs].helpers.removeClass(this.wrapper, player.loadingClass);
-        container[audiojs].helpers.addClass(this.wrapper, player.errorClass);
-        errorMessage.innerHTML = 'Error loading: "'+this.mp3+'"';
-      },
-      init: function() {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer;
-        container[audiojs].helpers.addClass(this.wrapper, player.loadingClass);
-      },
-      loadStarted: function() {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer,
-            duration = getByClass(player.durationClass, this.wrapper),
-            m = Math.floor(this.duration / 60),
-            s = Math.floor(this.duration % 60);
-        container[audiojs].helpers.removeClass(this.wrapper, player.loadingClass);
-        duration.innerHTML = ((m<10?'0':'')+m+':'+(s<10?'0':'')+s);
-      },
-      loadProgress: function(percent) {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer,
-            loaded = getByClass(player.loaderClass, this.wrapper);
-        loaded.style.width = Math.round(100 * percent) + '%';
-      },
-      playPause: function() {
-        if (this.playing) this.settings.play();
-        else this.settings.pause();
-      },
-      play: function() {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer;
-        container[audiojs].helpers.removeClass(this.wrapper, player.errorClass);
-        container[audiojs].helpers.addClass(this.wrapper, player.playingClass);
-      },
-      pause: function() {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer;
-        container[audiojs].helpers.removeClass(this.wrapper, player.playingClass);
-      },
-      updatePlayhead: function(percent) {
-        var player = this.settings.createPlayer,
-            progress = getByClass(player.progressClass, this.wrapper);
-        progress.style.width = Math.round(100 * percent) + '%';
-
-        var played = getByClass(player.playedClass, this.wrapper),
-            p = this.duration * percent,
-            m = Math.floor(p / 60),
-            s = Math.floor(p % 60);
-        played.innerHTML = ((m<10?'0':'')+m+':'+(s<10?'0':'')+s);
-      }
-    },
-
-    // ### Contructor functions
-
-    // `create()`
-    // Used to create a single `audiojs` instance.
-    // If an array is passed then it calls back to `createAll()`.
-    // Otherwise, it creates a single instance and returns it.
-    create: function(element, options) {
-      var options = options || {}
-      if (element.length) {
-        return this.createAll(options, element);
-      } else {
-        return this.newInstance(element, options);
-      }
-    },
-
-    // `createAll()`
-    // Creates multiple `audiojs` instances.
-    // If `elements` is `null`, then automatically find any `<audio>` tags on the page and create `audiojs` instances for them.
-    createAll: function(options, elements) {
-      var audioElements = elements || document.getElementsByTagName('audio'),
-          instances = []
-          options = options || {};
-      for (var i = 0, ii = audioElements.length; i < ii; i++) {
-        
-        if ((" " + audioElements[i].parentNode.className + " ").replace(/[\n\t]/g, " ").indexOf(" audiojs ") > -1)
-          continue;
-          
-        instances.push(this.newInstance(audioElements[i], options));
-      }
-      return instances;
-    },
-
-    // ### Creating and returning a new instance
-    // This goes through all the steps required to build out a usable `audiojs` instance.
-    newInstance: function(element, options) {
-      var element = element,
-          s = this.helpers.clone(this.settings),
-          id = 'audiojs'+this.instanceCount,
-          wrapperId = 'audiojs_wrapper'+this.instanceCount,
-          instanceCount = this.instanceCount++;
-
-      // Check for `autoplay`, `loop` and `preload` attributes and write them into the settings.
-      if (element.getAttribute('autoplay') != null) s.autoplay = true;
-      if (element.getAttribute('loop') != null) s.loop = true;
-      if (element.getAttribute('preload') == 'none') s.preload = false;
-      // Merge the default settings with the user-defined `options`.
-      if (options) this.helpers.merge(s, options);
-
-      // Inject the player html if required.
-      if (s.createPlayer.markup) element = this.createPlayer(element, s.createPlayer, wrapperId);
-      else element.parentNode.setAttribute('id', wrapperId);
-
-      // Return a new `audiojs` instance.
-      var audio = new container[audiojsInstance](element, s);
-
-      // If css has been passed in, dynamically inject it into the `<head>`.
-      if (s.css) this.helpers.injectCss(audio, s.css);
-
-      // If `<audio>` or mp3 playback isn't supported, insert the swf & attach the required events for it.
-      if (s.useFlash && s.hasFlash) {
-        this.injectFlash(audio, id);
-        this.attachFlashEvents(audio.wrapper, audio);
-      } else if (s.useFlash && !s.hasFlash) {
-        s.flashError.apply(audio);
-      }
-
-      // Attach event callbacks to the new audiojs instance.
-      if (!s.useFlash || (s.useFlash && s.hasFlash)) this.attachEvents(audio.wrapper, audio);
-
-      // Store the newly-created `audiojs` instance.
-      this.instances[id] = audio;
-      return audio;
-    },
-
-    // ### Helper methods for constructing a working player
-    // Inject a wrapping div and the markup for the html player.
-    createPlayer: function(element, player, id) {
-      var wrapper = document.createElement('div'),
-          newElement = element.cloneNode(true);
-      wrapper.setAttribute('class', 'audiojs');
-      wrapper.setAttribute('className', 'audiojs');
-      wrapper.setAttribute('id', id);
-
-      // Fix IE's broken implementation of `innerHTML` & `cloneNode` for HTML5 elements.
-      if (newElement.outerHTML && !document.createElement('audio').canPlayType) {
-        newElement = this.helpers.cloneHtml5Node(element);
-        wrapper.innerHTML = player.markup;
-        wrapper.appendChild(newElement);
-        element.outerHTML = wrapper.outerHTML;
-        wrapper = document.getElementById(id);
-      } else {
-        wrapper.appendChild(newElement);
-        wrapper.innerHTML = wrapper.innerHTML + player.markup;
-        element.parentNode.replaceChild(wrapper, element);
-      }
-      return wrapper.getElementsByTagName('audio')[0];
-    },
-
-    // Attaches useful event callbacks to an `audiojs` instance.
-    attachEvents: function(wrapper, audio) {
-      if (!audio.settings.createPlayer) return;
-      var player = audio.settings.createPlayer,
-          playPause = getByClass(player.playPauseClass, wrapper),
-          scrubber = getByClass(player.scrubberClass, wrapper);
-
-      container[audiojs].events.addListener(playPause, 'click', function(e) {
-        audio.playPause.apply(audio);
-      });
-
-      container[audiojs].events.addListener(scrubber, 'click', function(e) {
-        var relativeLeft = e.clientX - this.getBoundingClientRect().left;
-        audio.skipTo(relativeLeft / scrubber.offsetWidth);
-      });
-
-      // _If flash is being used, then the following handlers don't need to be registered._
-      if (audio.settings.useFlash) return;
-
-      // Start tracking the load progress of the track.
-      container[audiojs].events.trackLoadProgress(audio);
-
-      container[audiojs].events.addListener(audio.element, 'timeupdate', function(e) {
-        audio.updatePlayhead.apply(audio);
-      });
-
-      container[audiojs].events.addListener(audio.element, 'ended', function(e) {
-        audio.trackEnded.apply(audio);
-      });
-
-      container[audiojs].events.addListener(audio.source, 'error', function(e) {
-        // on error, cancel any load timers that are running.
-        clearInterval(audio.readyTimer);
-        clearInterval(audio.loadTimer);
-        audio.settings.loadError.apply(audio);
-      });
-
-    },
-
-    // Flash requires a slightly different API to the `<audio>` element, so this method is used to overwrite the standard event handlers.
-    attachFlashEvents: function(element, audio) {
-      audio['swfReady'] = false;
-      audio['load'] = function(mp3) {
-        // If the swf isn't ready yet then just set `audio.mp3`. `init()` will load it in once the swf is ready.
-        audio.mp3 = mp3;
-        if (audio.swfReady) audio.element.load(mp3);
-      }
-      audio['loadProgress'] = function(percent, duration) {
-        audio.loadedPercent = percent;
-        audio.duration = duration;
-        audio.settings.loadStarted.apply(audio);
-        audio.settings.loadProgress.apply(audio, [percent]);
-      }
-      audio['skipTo'] = function(percent) {
-        if (percent > audio.loadedPercent) return;
-        audio.updatePlayhead.call(audio, [percent])
-        audio.element.skipTo(percent);
-      }
-      audio['updatePlayhead'] = function(percent) {
-        audio.settings.updatePlayhead.apply(audio, [percent]);
-      }
-      audio['play'] = function() {
-        // If the audio hasn't started preloading, then start it now.
-        // Then set `preload` to `true`, so that any tracks loaded in subsequently are loaded straight away.
-        if (!audio.settings.preload) {
-          audio.settings.preload = true;
-          audio.element.init(audio.mp3);
-        }
-        audio.playing = true;
-        // IE doesn't allow a method named `play()` to be exposed through `ExternalInterface`, so lets go with `pplay()`.
-        // <http://dev.nuclearrooster.com/2008/07/27/externalinterfaceaddcallback-can-cause-ie-js-errors-with-certain-keyworkds/>
-        audio.element.pplay();
-        audio.settings.play.apply(audio);
-      }
-      audio['pause'] = function() {
-        audio.playing = false;
-        // Use `ppause()` for consistency with `pplay()`, even though it isn't really required.
-        audio.element.ppause();
-        audio.settings.pause.apply(audio);
-      }
-      audio['setVolume'] = function(v) {
-        audio.element.setVolume(v);
-      }
-      audio['loadStarted'] = function() {
-        // Load the mp3 specified by the audio element into the swf.
-        audio.swfReady = true;
-        if (audio.settings.preload) audio.element.init(audio.mp3);
-        if (audio.settings.autoplay) audio.play.apply(audio);
-      }
-    },
-
-    // ### Injecting an swf from a string
-    // Build up the swf source by replacing the `$keys` and then inject the markup into the page.
-    injectFlash: function(audio, id) {
-      var flashSource = this.flashSource.replace(/\$1/g, id);
-      flashSource = flashSource.replace(/\$2/g, audio.settings.swfLocation);
-      // `(+new Date)` ensures the swf is not pulled out of cache. The fixes an issue with Firefox running multiple players on the same page.
-      flashSource = flashSource.replace(/\$3/g, (+new Date + Math.random()));
-      // Inject the player markup using a more verbose `innerHTML` insertion technique that works with IE.
-      var html = audio.wrapper.innerHTML,
-          div = document.createElement('div');
-      div.innerHTML = flashSource + html;
-      audio.wrapper.innerHTML = div.innerHTML;
-      audio.element = this.helpers.getSwf(id);
-    },
-
-    // ## Helper functions
-    helpers: {
-      // **Merge two objects, with `obj2` overwriting `obj1`**
-      // The merge is shallow, but that's all that is required for our purposes.
-      merge: function(obj1, obj2) {
-        for (attr in obj2) {
-          if (obj1.hasOwnProperty(attr) || obj2.hasOwnProperty(attr)) {
-            obj1[attr] = obj2[attr];
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      // **Clone a javascript object (recursively)**
-      clone: function(obj){
-        if (obj == null || typeof(obj) !== 'object') return obj;
-        var temp = new obj.constructor();
-        for (var key in obj) temp[key] = this.clone(obj[key]);
-        return temp;
-      },
-      // **Adding/removing classnames from elements**
-      addClass: function(element, className) {
-        var re = new RegExp('(\\s|^)'+className+'(\\s|$)');
-        if (re.test(element.className)) return;
-        element.className += ' ' + className;
-      },
-      removeClass: function(element, className) {
-        var re = new RegExp('(\\s|^)'+className+'(\\s|$)');
-        element.className = element.className.replace(re,' ');
-      },
-      // **Dynamic CSS injection**
-      // Takes a string of css, inserts it into a `<style>`, then injects it in at the very top of the `<head>`. This ensures any user-defined styles will take precedence.
-      injectCss: function(audio, string) {
-
-        // If an `audiojs` `<style>` tag already exists, then append to it rather than creating a whole new `<style>`.
-        var prepend = '',
-            styles = document.getElementsByTagName('style'),
-            css = string.replace(/\$1/g, audio.settings.imageLocation);
-            css = css.replace(/\$2/g, audio.settings.retinaImageLocation);
-
-        for (var i = 0, ii = styles.length; i < ii; i++) {
-          var title = styles[i].getAttribute('title');
-          if (title && ~title.indexOf('audiojs')) {
-            style = styles[i];
-            if (style.innerHTML === css) return;
-            prepend = style.innerHTML;
-            break;
-          }
-        };
-
-        var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0],
-            firstchild = head.firstChild,
-            style = document.createElement('style');
-
-        if (!head) return;
-
-        style.setAttribute('type', 'text/css');
-        style.setAttribute('title', 'audiojs');
-
-        if (style.styleSheet) style.styleSheet.cssText = prepend + css;
-        else style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(prepend + css));
-
-        if (firstchild) head.insertBefore(style, firstchild);
-        else head.appendChild(style);
-      },
-      // **Handle all the IE6+7 requirements for cloning `<audio>` nodes**
-      // Create a html5-safe document fragment by injecting an `<audio>` element into the document fragment.
-      cloneHtml5Node: function(audioTag) {
-        var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment(),
-            doc = fragment.createElement ? fragment : document;
-        doc.createElement('audio');
-        var div = doc.createElement('div');
-        fragment.appendChild(div);
-        div.innerHTML = audioTag.outerHTML;
-        return div.firstChild;
-      },
-      // **Cross-browser `<object>` / `<embed>` element selection**
-      getSwf: function(name) {
-        var swf = document[name] || window[name];
-        return swf.length > 1 ? swf[swf.length - 1] : swf;
-      }
-    },
-    // ## Event-handling
-    events: {
-      memoryLeaking: false,
-      listeners: [],
-      // **A simple cross-browser event handler abstraction**
-      addListener: function(element, eventName, func) {
-        // For modern browsers use the standard DOM-compliant `addEventListener`.
-        if (element.addEventListener) {
-          element.addEventListener(eventName, func, false);
-          // For older versions of Internet Explorer, use `attachEvent`.
-          // Also provide a fix for scoping `this` to the calling element and register each listener so the containing elements can be purged on page unload.
-        } else if (element.attachEvent) {
-          this.listeners.push(element);
-          if (!this.memoryLeaking) {
-            window.attachEvent('onunload', function() {
-              if(this.listeners) {
-                for (var i = 0, ii = this.listeners.length; i < ii; i++) {
-                  container[audiojs].events.purge(this.listeners[i]);
-                }
-              }
-            });
-            this.memoryLeaking = true;
-          }
-          element.attachEvent('on' + eventName, function() {
-            func.call(element, window.event);
-          });
-        }
-      },
-
-      trackLoadProgress: function(audio) {
-        // If `preload` has been set to `none`, then we don't want to start loading the track yet.
-        if (!audio.settings.preload) return;
-
-        var readyTimer,
-            loadTimer,
-            audio = audio,
-            ios = (/(ipod|iphone|ipad)/i).test(navigator.userAgent);
-
-        // Use timers here rather than the official `progress` event, as Chrome has issues calling `progress` when loading mp3 files from cache.
-        readyTimer = setInterval(function() {
-          if (audio.element.readyState > -1) {
-            // iOS doesn't start preloading the mp3 until the user interacts manually, so this stops the loader being displayed prematurely.
-            if (!ios) audio.init.apply(audio);
-          }
-          if (audio.element.readyState > 1) {
-            if (audio.settings.autoplay) audio.play.apply(audio);
-            clearInterval(readyTimer);
-            // Once we have data, start tracking the load progress.
-            loadTimer = setInterval(function() {
-              audio.loadProgress.apply(audio);
-              if (audio.loadedPercent >= 1) clearInterval(loadTimer);
-            }, 200);
-          }
-        }, 200);
-        audio.readyTimer = readyTimer;
-        audio.loadTimer = loadTimer;
-      },
-
-      // **Douglas Crockford's IE6 memory leak fix**
-      // <http://javascript.crockford.com/memory/leak.html>
-      // This is used to release the memory leak created by the circular references created when fixing `this` scoping for IE. It is called on page unload.
-      purge: function(d) {
-        var a = d.attributes, i;
-        if (a) {
-          for (i = 0; i < a.length; i += 1) {
-            if (typeof d[a[i].name] === 'function') d[a[i].name] = null;
-          }
-        }
-        a = d.childNodes;
-        if (a) {
-          for (i = 0; i < a.length; i += 1) purge(d.childNodes[i]);
-        }
-      },
-
-      // **DOMready function**
-      // As seen here: <https://github.com/dperini/ContentLoaded/>.
-      ready: (function() { return function(fn) {
-        var win = window, done = false, top = true,
-        doc = win.document, root = doc.documentElement,
-        add = doc.addEventListener ? 'addEventListener' : 'attachEvent',
-        rem = doc.addEventListener ? 'removeEventListener' : 'detachEvent',
-        pre = doc.addEventListener ? '' : 'on',
-        init = function(e) {
-          if (e.type == 'readystatechange' && doc.readyState != 'complete') return;
-          (e.type == 'load' ? win : doc)[rem](pre + e.type, init, false);
-          if (!done && (done = true)) fn.call(win, e.type || e);
-        },
-        poll = function() {
-          try { root.doScroll('left'); } catch(e) { setTimeout(poll, 50); return; }
-          init('poll');
-        };
-        if (doc.readyState == 'complete') fn.call(win, 'lazy');
-        else {
-          if (doc.createEventObject && root.doScroll) {
-            try { top = !win.frameElement; } catch(e) { }
-            if (top) poll();
-          }
-          doc[add](pre + 'DOMContentLoaded', init, false);
-          doc[add](pre + 'readystatechange', init, false);
-          win[add](pre + 'load', init, false);
-        }
-      }
-      })()
-
-    }
-  }
-
-  // ## The audiojs class
-  // We create one of these per `<audio>` and then push them into `audiojs['instances']`.
-  container[audiojsInstance] = function(element, settings) {
-    // Each audio instance returns an object which contains an API back into the `<audio>` element.
-    this.element = element;
-    this.wrapper = element.parentNode;
-    this.source = element.getElementsByTagName('source')[0] || element;
-    // First check the `<audio>` element directly for a src and if one is not found, look for a `<source>` element.
-    this.mp3 = (function(element) {
-      var source = element.getElementsByTagName('source')[0];
-      return element.getAttribute('src') || (source ? source.getAttribute('src') : null);
-    })(element);
-    this.settings = settings;
-    this.loadStartedCalled = false;
-    this.loadedPercent = 0;
-    this.duration = 1;
-    this.playing = false;
-  }
-
-  container[audiojsInstance].prototype = {
-    // API access events:
-    // Each of these do what they need do and then call the matching methods defined in the settings object.
-    updatePlayhead: function() {
-      var percent = this.element.currentTime / this.duration;
-      this.settings.updatePlayhead.apply(this, [percent]);
-    },
-    skipTo: function(percent) {
-      if (percent > this.loadedPercent) return;
-      this.element.currentTime = this.duration * percent;
-      this.updatePlayhead();
-    },
-    load: function(mp3) {
-      this.loadStartedCalled = false;
-      this.source.setAttribute('src', mp3);
-      // The now outdated `load()` method is required for Safari 4
-      this.element.load();
-      this.mp3 = mp3;
-      container[audiojs].events.trackLoadProgress(this);
-    },
-    loadError: function() {
-      this.settings.loadError.apply(this);
-    },
-    init: function() {
-      this.settings.init.apply(this);
-    },
-    loadStarted: function() {
-      // Wait until `element.duration` exists before setting up the audio player.
-      if (!this.element.duration) return false;
-
-      this.duration = this.element.duration;
-      this.updatePlayhead();
-      this.settings.loadStarted.apply(this);
-    },
-    loadProgress: function() {
-      if (this.element.buffered != null && this.element.buffered.length) {
-        // Ensure `loadStarted()` is only called once.
-        if (!this.loadStartedCalled) {
-          this.loadStartedCalled = this.loadStarted();
-        }
-        var durationLoaded = this.element.buffered.end(this.element.buffered.length - 1);
-        this.loadedPercent = durationLoaded / this.duration;
-
-        this.settings.loadProgress.apply(this, [this.loadedPercent]);
-      }
-    },
-    playPause: function() {
-      if (this.playing) this.pause();
-      else this.play();
-    },
-    play: function() {
-      var ios = (/(ipod|iphone|ipad)/i).test(navigator.userAgent);
-      // On iOS this interaction will trigger loading the mp3, so run `init()`.
-      if (ios && this.element.readyState == 0) this.init.apply(this);
-      // If the audio hasn't started preloading, then start it now.
-      // Then set `preload` to `true`, so that any tracks loaded in subsequently are loaded straight away.
-      if (!this.settings.preload) {
-        this.settings.preload = true;
-        this.element.setAttribute('preload', 'auto');
-        container[audiojs].events.trackLoadProgress(this);
-      }
-      this.playing = true;
-      this.element.play();
-      this.settings.play.apply(this);
-    },
-    pause: function() {
-      this.playing = false;
-      this.element.pause();
-      this.settings.pause.apply(this);
-    },
-    setVolume: function(v) {
-      this.element.volume = v;
-    },
-    trackEnded: function(e) {
-      this.skipTo.apply(this, [0]);
-      if (!this.settings.loop) this.pause.apply(this);
-      this.settings.trackEnded.apply(this);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // **getElementsByClassName**
-  // Having to rely on `getElementsByTagName` is pretty inflexible internally, so a modified version of Dustin Diaz's `getElementsByClassName` has been included.
-  // This version cleans things up and prefers the native DOM method if it's available.
-  var getByClass = function(searchClass, node) {
-    var matches = [];
-    node = node || document;
-
-    if (node.getElementsByClassName) {
-      matches = node.getElementsByClassName(searchClass);
-    } else {
-      var i, l,
-          els = node.getElementsByTagName("*"),
-          pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
-
-      for (i = 0, l = els.length; i < l; i++) {
-        if (pattern.test(els[i].className)) {
-          matches.push(els[i]);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return matches.length > 1 ? matches : matches[0];
-  };
-// The global variable names are passed in here and can be changed if they conflict with anything else.
-})('audiojs', 'audiojsInstance', this);
diff --git a/newsblur_web/assets.yml b/newsblur_web/assets.yml
index 2411613a4..f2f77c7a7 100644
--- a/newsblur_web/assets.yml
+++ b/newsblur_web/assets.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ javascripts:
         - js/vendor/date.format.js
         - js/vendor/tag-it.js
         - js/vendor/chart.js
-        - js/vendor/audio.js
         - js/vendor/push.js
         - js/vendor/socket.io-client.*.js
         - js/vendor/inflector.js