Thanks to all who have replied.
As far as don't do it goes, you're preaching to the converted here,
but I don't seem to be able to get the message through to my clients.
The clients in question are a committee (first problem!), who all say
Oh, I know nothing about computers/the internet but
You could say that you're legally only allowed to play the first 30
seconds Like iTunes otherwise there will be big licensing fees.
This is a damage-control situation as the attention span of someone on
a page with midi blaring at them will be 2 secs.
Alternatively you could say What if the user
Annother option is highlighting the numbers to highlight the distraction it
places on what the clients are wanting the users to do in the first place.
(i.e. photography web site - lk at pictures, the gallery, album services and
make an order)
Instead of having 100% of the audience see the advert
Hi Lesley,
On 1 March 2010 00:55, Lesley Lutomski ubu...@webaflame.co.uk wrote:
Thanks to all who have replied.
The clients in question are a committee (first problem!), who all say Oh, I
know nothing about computers/the internet but at the same time refuse to be
guided. Referring them to
I haven't had much of a look at the new CKEditor version but I was mightily
impressed with the initial glance I had at it when he first released it. It
looks like a *major* improvement on the original fckeditor. Cleaner code, more
accessible and easier, cleaner ability to add plugins. If I was
You may want to take a look at the WCAG
guidelineshttp://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#visual-audio-contrast-dis-audioabout
audio playing on a website, says there should be an easy mechanism to
stop/pause the audio if it runs longer than 3 seconds.
--Ryan
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Oliver Boermans
I have no doubt she is well-aware that this is a bad thing. I feel
this is more to do with client management.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Ryan Seddon seddon.r...@gmail.com wrote:
You may want to take a look at the WCAG guidelines about audio playing on a
website, says there should be an
On 28/02/2010 12:36 AM, Henrik Madsen wrote:
80s Kevin? Mid 90s at the latest.
don't you mean mid-90s at the earliest?
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HI
On 28/02/2010 6:18 PM, Brett Goulder wrote:
I would just point your client to some usability articles and educate
them why background music is very bad.
although I tend to hate background music, even when it was in vogue way
back when
There are valid accessibility reason for playing
Hi
Give them all the background information that people have listed here. WCAG,
usability info etc. If they still decide they want it, do as the client
instructs. Make sure you code in a simple off switch configuration option
into the site and when they want to change it, turn it off while
Regardless of how you implement this, I'd advise running away once the money
clears. Also make sure they pay *lots* for maintenance on the site. Don't
get caught out when they get told by somebody else that their site sucks
because it's got music in it. I also wouldn't put such a job in my
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