Extending HTML

HTML is a very exciting technology, and we have learned how to do a lot with it, but it has some significant limitations. The HTML we have learned is not truly multimedia. We can only deal easily with certain kinds of graphics and text elements. It would be really nice if we could add the capacity for other kinds of things, such as animation, sound, interaction, and even virtual worlds. Today's lesson will introduce you to some skills and technologies that will allow exactly that.

The magical anchor tag

Using the embed tag

Press the play button for "Nee" sound:

Press the play button for Beethoven's 9th:

Press the play button for Dvorak's 9th:

A site with a background sound and an embedded world: the coaster

Streaming media

realAudio

Other kinds of things

external services

form mailing
message forums from Delphi
The junk machine Java applets
copy and paste javascripts
code tools
amazing tools that build custom scripts for you!!
a site that helps to make tables for you
more cut and paste javascript
A site that lets you build flash pages(like the ACS page below) for free
The Java Boutique Where I got the applet I demonstrated in class.
A site which helps you experiment with VRML

A shockwave - flash demo

The ACS program
(requires shockwave plugin)

© Andy Harris
Indiana University / Purdue University, Indianapolis
email: aharris@.cs.iupui.edu
homepage: www.cs.iupui.edu/~aharris