A method according to claim 1 wherein termination of playback of the first media document and loading for playback of the second media document is a result of a user requesting playback of a previous media document in the media browsing session, and the method includes, responsive to said user request, the further steps of: retrieving a reference to the first media document from the browsing history list; and updating the playlist pointer to identify the first media document as the currently playing media document.