http://www.macnn.com/articles/01/03/20/dreamweaver.extension/
Dreamweaver extension for Koan audio
updated 08:10 pm EST, Tue March 20, 2001
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SSEYO's new free Koan Dreamweaver Extension allows developers to integrate interactive audio: "Koan audio pieces are embedded directly into the web page as tiny text 'vectors' - typically less than two or three kilobytes for an entire piece of music or sound effect. Audio content can range from themed backgrounds to interactive elements that play spot sound effects or musical riffs in response to standard HTML event handlers or Macromedia Flash FSCommands." The extension also offers control of the Koan audio engine's programmable to dynamically alter the music in real-time according to actions performed in the web page. (Playback of audio requires a small browser plugin.)
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More plugins... sheesh.
Minor media types, such as Koan, that require guests to download plugins are novel but not practical. I'm sure media demo sites and personal home pages will keep it alive, as they have with the streaming 3D plugins, allowing it slowly evovle. Major web sites however will stick with what's supported directly inside the browser or through popular bundeled plugins, even if they don't work quite as well.