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mute a web page

Category: Software
Responses: 11 (10 in support, 0 neutral, 1 in opposition)
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Why is it that you are unable to mute a web page? When listening to music and playing a game, or anything else, the sound from the web page can over power or ruin the music that you're listening to. It's so simple, and yet I do not know of any web browser that allows you to do so.

matrix61312, Feb 20 2007

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You can turn of scripts and things in many browsers.

classicsat, Feb 21 2007

im trying so hard to mute this page- http://www.addictinggames.com/europemap.html but i cant find a thing that will help me. i totally agree with u

cloudygirl103, Jun 19 2008

I agree--there ought to be a "Sound" button, as on a microwave. (Maybe this could be a browser feature, or a browser plug-in. Maybe it is already, at least on firefox!) What I do, though it's crude, is to turn down the volume knob on my speakers.

Roger Knights, Jun 24 2008

since this article has been wriiten has anyone found a solution?

generic, Jun 20 2009

you can i figured out a way to do it u just go to volume mixer then chooose the one that has the internet sign on the top and lower the volume of that column or if your playing a game just lower the one that says java....

franzizko0, Jul 24 2009

it works if you have windows vista only

franzizko0, Jul 24 2009

This works.

<FORM NAME="Form1"> <INPUT TYPE="Button" NAME="Button1" VALUE="ON/OFF"> <SCRIPT FOR="Button1" EVENT="onClick" LANGUAGE="VBScript"> Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.SendKeys(chr(&hAD)) </SCRIPT></FORM>

test, Nov 16 2009

works for XP: cut and paste into test html and check it out..

<FORM NAME="Form1"> <INPUT TYPE="Button" NAME="Button1" VALUE="ON/OFF"> <SCRIPT FOR="Button1" EVENT="onClick" LANGUAGE="VBScript"> Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.SendKeys(chr(&hAD)) </SCRIPT></FORM>

test, Nov 16 2009