[RESOLVED] How to play a href sound without opening new window?

lusun

I have sound files embedded in the webpage. Each played by user click.
if I use href, new window opens under Windows which is very distractive,
and I don't want that.
If I use embed, quicktime plug-in is required, and Linux Mozila can't play
the sound.
What should I do?

scrupul0us

javascript perhaps in a hidden popup/frame

greenie2600

Have you considered embedding sounds in a transparent, 1x1 pixel Flash movie, and sending signals to this movie via JavaScript? Yeah, it assumes that the user has the Flash plugin installed, but most users do.

I haven't done much work with Flash, so I could be mistaken, but I think this is possible.

You may also want to check out Wimpy—specifically, Wimpy Button. It costs money, but it's relatively cheap, and it works quite well.

scrupul0us

this:

 <embed src="test.wav" autostart=true loop=true volume=100 hidden=true>
  </embed>

worked fine under firefox/mozilla in slackware and ubuntu for me

greenie2600

Found this today - open-source JavaScript API for sound:

http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/

Haven't coded anything with it yet, but the demos are very cool.

Ichiro

One thing though and I am sure it varies from site to site but I find on my sites that the number of visitors with javascript disabled is less than 2%.

The number with Flash not installed is about 10 to 15% and the number who don't have Flash installed when they enter the site and still don't have it when they left the site, i.e. they didn't want to view the Flash at all and left before visiting any further, runs around 10%!

Again, that may be unique to the sites I've built and maintained but in any event, I never rely on or make a given page/site Flash dependent. Flash enhanced, OK but definitely not dependent.