I've seen examples where the video begins to play automatically but is muted
until the user clicks the video.

Chris



On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Gaurabh Mathure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Here are my views on your dilemma:
>
> Auto play: I agree with you that if the video was the only content on
> the page, it would have made sense to autoplay.
>
> Triggered play: Not everyone likes to arrive at a page and be
> surprised by a video playing on screen... more importantly.. if the
> user has been surfing non-rich media content for a while he has also
> forgotten what the volume his notebook/pc speakers is. Sometimes when
> a video autoplays it causes the user to be startled as he might be in
> a cafe/library/office, and does not want to attract too much
> attention.
>
> Therefore I think you should convince the client that it might not
> create the best user experience to have the video in autoplay mode.
>
>
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