If I come to a site with music playing, I leave it immediately without looking at the site. I don't know best practices, but I believe the user needs to be in control.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Nick Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 isn't slow when being viewed on the user's 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] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
