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Re: How can I embed an .mp3 sound file in a web page?
Subject:Re: How can I embed an .mp3 sound file in a web page? From:"David Berg" <dberg -at- dmpnet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:51:38 -0600
> Take it from one who has in the past committed this sin and been greatly
> chastised for it: think long and hard about embedding sound files in your
> web pages. Complaints I received included:
>
> *Takes too long to load.
> *Interferes with the CD's that some readers are already listening too in
> their CD-ROM drives.
> *Tends to crash some people's browsers.
> *Can disturb co-workers if viewed at the office.
> *Downright annoying.
Not to mention, many people still don't have software on their computers to
play MP3 files, so their wait for the download would be for naught.
David Berg
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