On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 14:48 -0400, V G wrote:
> I personally believe that you're making it unnecessarily difficult for
> yourself by restricting what the host computer should do. This whole thin=
g
> could be simplified a lot if you'd just code a simple program on the
> computer to intercept the raw audio signal from the PIC and stream it to =
the
> browser in whatever format you want. You could even make a firefox plugin=
 or
> whatever for it.

Depending on the situation that solution might make it much more
difficult, it depends on the target audience.

For example, MANY corporations disallow the installation of any
software. Users have to use the browser as it is set up by IT. The
thought of getting IT to install a different browser or a plugin is
tantamount to moving a mountain.

What about OS's? Many people out there don't use Win7 with firefox, many
still use XP with IE6. Some organizations use Mac OSX with Safari. The
effort required to develop a software solution for all these users
starts becoming very big. What about Linux?

You are right, if installing a small piece of software on the user
computer is possible then that is BY FAR the easier route to take, but
in my experience it's often best to plan on delivering to the browser
only what it can natively accept, anything more and it becomes a support
nightmare.

TTYL

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