I will leave any site where I am forced to listen to music. I should never have to turn off music.
I also work in an office with other people which disturbs them, and have a mild hearing loss which makes background music very loud and annoying. Not everyone experiences music/sound the same way. Nancy On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Kat <k...@t-tec.com.au> wrote: > Lesley Lutomski wrote: >> >> 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 at the same time refuse to >> be guided. Referring them to usability articles is a non-starter, because >> they'll just not look at them. I've tried reducing the arguments to very >> basic, non-technical issues, but my powers of persuasion are apparently >> lacking. >> >> Given that I can't afford to turn down the work, I'll take on board the >> points folk have made here and promise to do the least-awful job on it I >> can! >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Lesley > > > Are they business people? Then use business language. Talk about their > marketing/advertising/ and the budget and the daily work, 24/7, at achieving > their brand/image that goes on by everyone at the organisation. That if > someone has a bad experience, it has a bigger then expected negative impact: > they will tell 20 people. That background music is an instant bad > experience, and will undo at least half of the work they have achieved so > far. Give it to them in numbers, so they know it is a monetary loss. > > Kat > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
