Sound Effects

This page incorporates sound effects, using .WAV files. For it to work, you must have a WAV file player installed with your browser.

There are plenty of web sites which use WAV files in a way that launches the WAV player as a visible application. Some even launch it repeatedly, once for each time that a sound is played. The method used here (which I do not understand) works automatically and invisibly; or at least, it does so on my Windows system.

works with

Internet Explorer 6 Yes requires javascript

Mozilla No They can play WAV files, but not in the way needed here.

Netscape 4 Maybe requires javascript. depends on which WAV player is installed

Netscape 6, 7 No They can play WAV files, but not in the way needed here.

Opera 5, 6 No They can play WAV files, but not in the way needed here.

works with
Internet Explorer 6	Yes	requires javascript
Mozilla	No	They can play WAV files, but not in the way needed here.
Netscape 4	Maybe	requires javascript. depends on which WAV player is installed
Netscape 6, 7	No	They can play WAV files, but not in the way needed here.
Opera 5, 6	No	They can play WAV files, but not in the way needed here.

Move your mouse onto this text, and off it,
and click on it for various sound effects.

My copy of Netscape4 used to support these sound effects properly. Now it supports them only if I use it to read this page from a server. If I use it to read this page from my local disk, the sound effects do not work. I cannot explain this.

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