[cgiirc-general] Re: Beyond browser-specific interfaces?

[Giuseppe B. <bil...@ho...>]

On Mon, 22 May 2006 18:28:00 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

> I'm looking for a cross-platform JavaScript to play/pause/stop sounds. 
> 
> In the mean time, I suggest the ie template be updated to change
> 
> if (sound) sound.play();
> 
> into
> 
> if (sound) { if(sound.play) sound.play() }
> 
> to make the script work without fail in all browsers. Further possible
> enhancements consists in adding the attribute enablejavascript="true"
> to the <embed> elements, and use width=0 height=0 instead of
> hidden="true".

Addendum: running small tests here I discovered that using
sound.dispatchEvent("play") seems to play the sound file of a
nonhidden embed element both in Opera and in Mozilla SeaMonkey. So if
the suggested changes are done to <embed> elements, chaning

if (sound) sound.play()

into

if (sound) {
 if (sound.play)
  sound.play() ;
 else
  sound.dispatchEvent("play") ;
}

is more likely to work in a wider range of setups.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

"I weep for our generation" -- Charlie Brown