[Wikipedia-l] Links to sound

[Brion VIBBER]

lcrocker at nupedia.com wrote:
 >Jimmy Wales wrote:
>>Can ordinary Windows users, i.e. users who aren't into music and
>>file sharing and the like, use Ogg Vorbis with relative ease?
>>For example, could my mom, running Windows 2000 or Windows XP,
>>click on an Ogg Vorbis sound and end up happy?
> 
> She probably doesn't have the software installed already, but it's
> not that difficult.  Some players like Sonique come with OGG support
> out-of-the-box; others like WinAmp require you to install a plugin.
> It's likely that Mozilla will add native support.  I.E. will
> likely always launch the external player.

WinAmp currently includes the OGG Vorbis plugin in the default install 
package. (Unless you install the "lite" version, which doesn't include 
it... much to your own surprise, as there's no mention of ogg in the 
list of features that the various download options include/don't include.)

Basically, next to any Ogg file you'd want to include a link to a page 
explaining where to download an ogg player for your OS.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)