Sun's Java Media Framework API, out in public beta now, has a very thorough object-oriented approach to rendering multimedia files that makes the incorporation of audio events in Java applications both simple and flexible. Microsoft's Windows 95 and Internet Explorer 4.0 offer limited options for using sounds as feedback for certain actions. Qualcomm's Eudora Pro allows the user to select an audio alert instead of an alert box. Immediate solutions with audio Without waiting for new products and technologies, sound can easily be added to Web sites through the use of JavaScript. Other user actions, such as clicking on links and clicking the forward or back browser buttons, can be associated with sounds as well.
Sounds provide valuable feedback in the Web environment.
Web sites often feature frustrating delays that may indicate either a process in the works or a failed action. Added assurance would come if the browser supplied audio feedback when it opened a connection to a remote server and began downloading data. Yet another sound could signal the completion of the download. When the download is complete, onLoad can stop playback of the music. If will also play MIDI files and Headspace's own RMF files.