Obviously, we need some JavaScript for making the controls work. In this case, we create a div that will be the wrapper of the player, and, inside it, we set the audio element without the native controls, the play button, and the time and volume progress bars. For this, of course, we will be using JavaScript, but this part will be pretty easy, so it wonвЂ™t be a big concern.ДЇor this, we will use jQuery, since itвЂ™s much more easier, faster and readable than using native JavaScript. This means that we will be using the audio element, but without its controls, but with our own ones.

Now, we are going to make the audio look more attractive, for every browser.Д«ut, for customizing our audio player for making it look the same for every browser is, actually, to вЂњbuildвЂќ our own player.

We must care about the consistency of our web pages for every browser, or at least the most relevant ones. We shouldnвЂ™t use the defaultВ rendering for the audio. I tried to keep jQuery to a minimum but used it to actually call the function, sorry, iвЂ™m not sorry JS purists.Fig3: Default rendering of the audio controls by each browser.

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