It's been hard finding research on this with just snippets of information here and there. So far I've attempted to sniff out best practices from other video sites, conducted one 30-minute around-the-office user test, and relied on my and my team's expertise. I hope to convince management to fit some usability in before our next revision.
> It's important to note that these were models for > video embedded in the context of a page w/other content. > Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of if you specifically navigated to a video site, but I agree with you concerning embedded media and when it's appropriate. ESPN auto-plays the video on their home page and I find it pretty annoying (top-right-hand corner). It's like embedded audio back in the day... But concerning auto-play vs. click-to-play, the type of video content presented has much to do with determining this. Are you mainly providing news or entertainment? While not mutually exclusive, I'd imagine CNN videos don't have as much viral value as YouTube videos do. This includes factors such as timeliness of content (evening news vs. dancing hamsters) and replay-ability (watching the same video again), amongst others. Hope to see more discussion on this. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25981 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
