Inline Sounds

(sorry for the empty mail previous to this message...)

I would like to see inline sounds (au, wav or whatever) added to HTML 3.0.  Let 
me explain why.

I believe that the Web will eventually be adopted as a consumer standard for 
network commerce/research/entertainment.  As such it will need to grow into a 
full multi-media protocol.  Inline sounds will be necessary to present a rich 
interface in the future.  There is little reason to have inline images as part 
of the user interface and not include sounds as adornments as well.

Certainly people will abuse this feature, just as inline images have been abused
(see http://bvp.wdp.com/BVPM/MooVPlex.html and other pages where the _only_ 
navigation is through _large_ image maps).  The key is to stress that inline 
sounds will be adornments, snippets of sound to enhance the user interface, not 
take it over.

Then as the net grows in bandwidth, the capability to use it will already be 
there.

Any thoughts?
Matt Verner
AT&T Bell Laboratories
j.m.verner@att.com

Received on Thursday, 19 January 1995 14:30:25 UTC