Celeste: I don't know if quantitative research is the right way to prove your point in this case. "My numbers are bigger than yours" is typically the wrong approach with product teams in my experience.
A good resource to look at might be Reevs and Nass: The Media Equation. Their premise is essentially that we react to media exactly as we would other people. Autoplay sucks because its just plain rude. Its like the people who aggressively sell cell phones and credit cards from kiosks in the shopping mall. They walk up to you, interrupt what you're doing and just start trying to engage you. Its a violation of your personal space. We don't expect that from strangers. The same logic applies to video/audio that autoplays without user input. Interacting with software is an example of shared agency between the user and the system. The user makes requests, and the user responds. When the system responds without a request from the user its very off putting. From a design standpoint, its tantamount to breaking faith with the user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39477 ________________________________________________________________ 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
