A method of a user conducting a media browsing session on a media playback device that includes a media playlist and a browsing history list, the media playlist including a reference to at least one media document available for playback on the device and a playlist pointer identifying a currently-playing media document in the playlist, and the browsing history list including references to zero or more content documents previously accessed in the media browsing session, the method including repeatedly performing the steps of, responsive to termination of playback of a first media document and loading for playback of a second media document on the media playback device: updating the playlist pointer to identify the second media document as the currently-playing media document; and updating the browsing history list to include a reference to the first media document as the most recently accessed content document.