Re: inline sounds

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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 09:31:33 PST
From: vinay@eit.COM (Vinay Kumar)
Message-id: <9312081731.AA29633@eit.COM>
To: dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Subject: Re: inline sounds
Cc: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch

Fully second this approach. Until this idea gets incorporated into browsers 
and servers, use external clients (say, metamail, or...) to handle such 
presentations ! Ofcourse this may not satisfy most of us, but will work for
short term !
--
  Vinay Kumar
vinay@eit.com

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> From: Dave_Raggett <dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
>
> The MIME spec includes multipart/parallel which is defined as:
> 
>    "This type is syntactically identical to multipart/mixed, but the
>     semantics are different. In particular, in a parallel entity, all
>     of the parts are intended to be presented in parallel, i.e.,
>     simultaneously, on hardware and software that are capable of doing
>     so. Composing agents should be aware that many mail readers will
>     lack this capability and will show the parts serially in any event."
> 
> So all we need is to make PLAY specify a URL for a multipart/parallel
> document, and to enthuse browser writers about the idea.
> 
> Dave Raggett
>