links that go nowhere stop page downloading.

[dayglo]

Does anyone have Beatnik player installed AND a connection of 28.8 or 56k? No faster. I have some rmf bird songs and if the play/stop button is clicked before the page has downloaded then everything stops downloading and you have to refresh the page to get the sound. I dont particularly want to have to put a message on the page &quot;wait 'till its downloaded&quot;. Apparently can be a problem with any link that &quot;doesnt go anywhere&quot; especially with netscape. I do have the code to correct this,(<A HREF=&quot;javascript://&quot; ONCLICK=&quot; etc rather than <A HREF=&quot;#&quot; etc) except the required code is already in the script. Please check out to see what I mean

http://www.monktoncombe.com

then just click on the bird picture. Once you get to the first bird with sound (marked with asterisk) go straight to the sound (left hand side under &quot;voice&quot and click on it before page completely downloads. Any ideas on how I can stop this from happening.
p.s. if you havent beatnik you wont get sound anyway and a fast connection doesnt present the problem.

 

[tsdragon]

Don't know if it will cure the problem, but the usual &quot;do nothing&quot; link is href=&quot;javascript:void(0)&quot;. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[dayglo]

Thanks Tracy, but no the usual void code does not work, this is why beatnik came up with the other code. Unfortunately I am getting no response from beatnik. What happens is because the &quot;no link&quot; has to be attached to the <a href, when it is clicked on the browser sees no point in downloading any further as it assumes you are actually going to a different page. I need somehow to fool the browser into thinking either I have gone to a different page, or that I havent clicked the link!! And for my purposes a mouse over wont work. Thanks anyway. It might be that I have linked the page to an external .js, I will have to put the code intot he page and see if it works, even thou beatnik says link to.

 

[dayglo]

Okay, I have now changed the way I put sound on the page, so soon you wont be able to see the example on my site. But if anyone knows the answer please let me know. Thanks