Re: Do you hear something in Netscape, Opera, Mozilla ?

In article <5206462.fL7cKobej5@PointedEars.de>, PointedEars@web.de
says...
> VK wrote:
>
> > Yes, this is an old IE4 / NN4 cross-browser media script.
> > It uses <bgsound> object
>
> You mean the `bgsound' _element_, which is not Valid HTML.
>
> > in IE and Java-based Bitnik Software plugin in
> > NN (with was build in NN 4.x).
> >
> > NN 4 is gone as well as Bitnik Software itself
>
> Neither is gone. As for the latter, it is only that Beatnik, Inc. has
> discontinued its support. There are no new versions of that plugin
> available:
>
> > (I even not sure if I spelled it properly Bitnik? Bitnick? Bitnique?
> > Sounded alike anyway).
>
> <URL:http://www.beatnik.com/products/player.html>
>
> > AFAIK neither Netscape > 4, nor Opera not Firefox do not currently
> > provide a build-in media interface (?)
>
> True, because that interface has always been provided by the plugin,
> to be accessed through the DOM. Joined efforts of the major vendors
> to standardize the former have begun some time ago:
>
> <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-06-30.html>
>
> BTW: Forget about `embed', that is not Valid HTML either. Use the
> `object' element from HTML 4.01 instead, supported in the named
> browsers. Be sure to use its content to provide for an alternative
> in case it is not supported (I think a visible hyperlink to the used
> media would suffice.)
>
> > So a scriptable Flash movie is the only option (?)
>
> It is not. However, depending on the target environment, it is probably
> the most reliable and fastest option (even though it requires another
> plugin, the Macromedia Flash Player Plug-in).
>
>
> PointedEars
>

OK, I'll see around <object>. Thanks for the help
Received on Sat Dec 3 04:35:28 2005