Sound Files

NeoPlanet .wav Files
NeoPlanet uses sounds for various events that occur when using the client. In order for it to play sounds, it accesses .wav files based on their name, and uses the appropriately named file when applicable. Hence, by creating a .wav file, naming it appropriately, and putting it into a specific skin folder, that skin can have sounds that other skins to not.

Here are some basic guidelines for .wav files as they pertain to NeoPlanet:

• Sound files should not be too long for two reasons:
  • First, the longer a sound file, the larger it is in terms of file size. Obviously, the larger your file sizes are, the longer it will take to download them.
  • Second, NeoPlanet sounds pause the program momentarily until the sound is completed. If that pause is measured in milliseconds, the user will not notice it.
• We recommend the following format for NeoPlanet .wav files: 11,025 Hz, 8-bit, and Mono. You can, of course, make higher quality sounds, but it will dramatically increase file size.
• For rollovers, we suggest a 200-500 millisecond period of silence at the beginning of the file to avoid annoying pops and clicks when moving the mouse over graphic elements.

Following is a table of correct .wav filenames, and what their function is in the NeoPlanet environment. You need not use ALL sound files listed. Using a lot of sound files can increase the size of your skin/browser exponentially, and large files take longer to download. Pick and choose carefully.

	Name of File		This sound is played when:
	Welcome.wav		NeoPlanet is started (included in all skins).
	Bye.wav		NeoPlanet is closed.
	GotMail.wav		New mail arrives upon a mail check (included in all skins).
	SendMail.wav		Mail is sent out (confirmation of outgoing mail).
	Save.wav		A file is saved through NeoPlanet (.htm, .ndf, etc.)
	Info.wav		An informative dialogue is displayed.
	Error.wav		An error dialogue is displayed.
	Question.wav		A question dialogue is displayed.
	Cancel.wav		The user hits "cancel" within a dialogue.
	TypedURL.wav		The user hits "enter" after typing a URL.
	SkinDownload.wav		A new skin is downloaded and installed.
	Zoom.wav		The zoom button is pressed to enable zoom mode.
	Unzoom.wav		The unzoom button is pressed to exit zoom mode.
	SmallerToolbar.wav		The Hide Toolbar button is pressed (far left, up arrows in Default).
	BiggerToolbar.wav		The Show Toolbar button is pressed (far left, down arrows in Default).
	ToolbarSelect.wav		Any button is clicked on the toolbar.
	ToolbarRollover.wav		The cursor moves over any graphic on the toolbar.
	ChannelsSelect.wav		Any channel is selected.
	ChannelsRollover.wav		The cursor moves over any channel.
	FoldersSelect.wav		Any folder is selected.
	FoldersRollover.wav		The cursor moves over any folder.
	SitesSelect.wav		Any site is selected.
	SitesRollover.wav		The cursor moves over any site.
	StatusbarSelect.wav		Any smallicons.bmp component is selected.
	StatusbarRollover.wav		The cursor moves over any smallicons.bmp component.