"Paul Furman" <paul-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>> "Jürgen Exner" <jurgenex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> I'm trying a new feature on my site, and I'm wondering if someone
>>>>>> might
>>>>>> take the time to drop by and test it for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.geocities.com/hanks.dudley/index.html
>>>> I'm trying to figure out what browsers have problems with the sound,
>>>> and
>>> As for that: personal tastes vary but I for my part am very happy with
>>> the blessed silence I am getting from Firefox.
>>> Whenever a web page is blaring at me I hit the mute button on my
>>> keyboard or most often just close the page to never come back. Same
with
>>> fancy flash animations (luckily Firefox can block).
>>> This is one of those cases, where less is often more.
>>>
>>> jue
>>
>> For my purposes, I doubt I'll go the flash route; I'm having enough
>> trouble mastering html -- although, I might try a bit of javascript if
I
>> can find a book that scans properly.
>>
>> Regarding background sounds, I've heard the message "loud and clear"
from
>> you and others that I should tie it to a button. I will do that in
>> upcoming versions of the site.
>>
>> I find it interesting, though, that firefox doesn't play mp3s. Is it
>> because of a setting that the user selects? Ie, does it block all
>> sounds, or does it just not play mp3s?
>
> IE uses Microsoft html code which does not exist in the standard
> specifications. Other browsers have no reason to haphazardly adopt stuff
> that Microsoft invents. There are also some cases where IE is incapable
of
> reading standard html but normally there are ways to do what you want by
> following the standards. Apparently <bgsound src="IntroMessage.mp3"> is
> not the right way to add sound to a web site, I'm not sure what is.
>
> Some standard references:
> http://edgehill.net/Misc/html-coding/reference
> http://edgehill.net/Misc/html-coding
>
> PS Would indenting the html help or hinder you in reading the coding for
> the tables? The code is a LOT easier for me to read when indented but
> maybe no help to you or not even practical.
>
>
>> Take Care,
>> Dudley
>>
Thanks for the info, Paul. I'll check these docs out.
Regarding indenting, that's a visual thing; it doesn't help at all when
using speech. At best, some screen-readers will beep on the tabs, but
that
just gets confusing when multiple indents are used.
For us blind guys, the blank line is a sort of equivalent, or
strategically
placed comments.
I will probably go to Microsoft Word once I upgrade to a better site.
But,
html docs produced with Word seem to be a lot bigger than minimal
requirements. When you've only got 15 megs of disk space and a 4 meg
bandwidth per hour, the Word html docs can pose a problem. Besides, that
still puts the coding in Microsoft's ball park, and it probably won't make
my pages more universally acceptable.
I'll keep working my way through the books I'm scanning, as well as the
docs
you pointed to, and I'll get a more workable solution, shortly.
Take Care,
Dudley
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