SMIL for Dummies Author:Heather Williamson The only guide for the hot new standard for streaming multimedia! SMIL is supported by Real Player, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and Netscape Communicator 5.0 with no annoying plug-ins for viewers to download! SMIL For Dummies is the perfect reference for the hobbyist or professional Web developer that wants to implement SMIL in... more »to their site, without having to read the specification. The book covers the technologies, concepts, and standards involved in the development of multimedia HTML/SMIL sites that can be read and accessed across multiple platforms. The book also includes a quick run through of each of the primary SMIL commands using examples that implement all different types of multimedia -- including layers, audio, video, Java, JavaScript, animated GIFs and example scripts.« less