Just stumbled upon SoundManager 2, a JavaScript library that handles sound playback, something that has been missing in JavaScript, which leads developers to resort to Flash instead.

From the website:

SoundManager 2 is an attempt at providing the sound API which Javascript has been missing. It’s a Javascript library which wraps and extends Flash’s sound capabilities, bringing cross-platform audio functionality to Javascript.

The description basically states that SoundManager still uses Flash for playback, which is a bit heavy and still not a native solution, but a workaround is a workaround. Kudos to Scott Schiller on the awesome work!

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