Browsing iTunesU without intalling iTunes
The problem
More and more universities publish courses as podcasts on iTunesU and neglect to give a direct access to their content. This hinders sharing of knowledge, because of the obligatory Apple’s iTunes application needed to access iTunesU.
The solution
Emulating the iTunes client: the script can be tested at
http://www2.unil.ch/itunesu/index.groovy?handle=[itunesU url]
It only needs the url which would open [...]