HOWTO: Make your audio play in IE7 with one click. (tags: flash IE7 javascript howto music business)
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Joe Taylor Jr.
HOWTO: Make your audio play in IE7 with one click.
Correspondent Scott Andrew penned this little tutorial a few months ago to help musicians and non-techies get flash music players and other “embedded” widgets working properly inside Internet Explorer 7. Just a quick bump, since lots of folks seem to…
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links for 2006-10-19
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