The cow loved it when I gave him a sound.
Q: How do you catch a unique duck?

A: Unique up on it.

Q: How do you catch a tame duck?

A: Tame way, unique up on it.

How to make a sound play with a mouseover
Mouseover duck for laugh track!

Funny, huh? It still makes me smile. This is a simple little javascript trick that generates a sound when a visitor mouses over a link or image on your page.

What practical applications does it have?

If you have a microphone, you could record your own .wav file and say, "Click here to buy this now!" Maybe you could create a custom welcome message. Use your creativity.

You could also use it to add a short sound to your navigation buttons, or if you were really ambitious you could create a piano.

If you have nothing better to do on a Friday, you could search out the sound of a duck laughing and add it to your site. It may just be the thing to get you remembered!

If you want to use this script, just send a me any email to my autoresponder.

I won't send you any spam and nothing will "pop up." You will just get an automatic email sent back to your address. It's much easier than putting a bunch of ugly code on my page.

Here is an article I wrote on using autoresponders creatively.

Next Tip

Here's my next tip on changing your sounds.