Adding sound to your Web page can add interest and set a mood. Background music can enhance your theme. Attaching sounds to objects, such as the sound of clicking buttons, can provide valuable feedback to the Web site visitor. Sound, however, can be expensive m terms of the Web site size and download time, particularly for those visitors with baseband access. Another consideration is that adding sound to a Web page can be a challenging and confusing task. Most computers today have some type of sound card and some type of sound-capable plug-in that works with the browser. The difficult part, though, is generating the desirable sounds. As you work with sound, you will discover that the Web supports several popular sound file formats, along with their supporting plug-ins; a standard format does not exist. The trick is to find the one most widely used. contains a list and description of the commonly used sound file formats.
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