Good morning James, If it helps, what you will find is the typical user experience on band websites is that the audio player automatically starts within 2-3 seconds of the site fully loading. The file size of the player and the audio file are both small so the site isn¹t slow when being viewed on the user¹s end.
An important thing to keep in mind that the user always needs to have the option to adjust the volume and to start/stop/pause the music. If that is not a feature the user will get annoyed and could potentially leave the site just as quickly as they got there! I hope this helps and have a great day! ---------------------------------------- Nicholas Taylor Web Strategy & Systems Manager Purdue University South Campus Courts, Building D 507 Harrison Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 496-6864 office (765) 494-0793 fax (616) 634-9193 mobile On 8/15/08 10:14 AM, "James Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is a more best practices question than strictly standards, but I *think* > it is on-topic, apologies if not and please mail me off-list if you feel that > is more appropriate. > > I have a band for a client who are requesting that on the homepage loading a > music player starts automatically. Do people think this is acceptable for a > bands website or would you think that you should always get the user to > initiate playback? > > Thanks > > James > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
