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. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33377 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
