Posted by Ed Mullen on 03/19/06 16:32

Chris Ianson wrote:
> "Ed Mullen" <ed@edmullen.net> wrote in message
> news:XPWdnVgy3_tjU4HZnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>> Now. A simple link to a new page that uses some combination of OBJECT,
>> BGSOUND, and/or EMBED will probably do what you want.
>
> That's great. Can you give some example of actual working code (a couple of
> lines of your time) that will do this please? Would really appreciate it.
>
>> I am like many (perhaps most) people in despising Web pages that
>> automatically (and surprisingly) play sounds.
>
> Again, I also will have the option to turn sounds ON or OFF, and they will
> start OFF so it is up to the user - therefore there is no automatic or
> surprising sound.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Some links to learn about sound:

http://www.google.com/search?query=sound%20html%20code&num=50
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206216
http://home.att.net/~cherokee67/mediatests.html
http://www.origins.tv/htmlataglance/sounds.htm

Instead of just taking some code snippets from someone else you really
owe it to yourself to study this issue before you decide how to
accommodate your design goal.

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Ed Mullen
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