Hi, same here - I personally hate autoplay on site, I'm gone in a sec.... I also think this does affect anyone - personal preference or not - people can be caught out by this, in office environments (as mentioned before) as well as impaired users....
And though a band site might warrant the autoplay - I'd still try to allow site visitor's to be in control of whether or not to listen to the music. As the site is about music - a clearly visible player is likely to be included anyway, allowing easy access to the band's tracks. Not sure what the guidelines say on this - but when I teach best practices for webdesign I advise my students to always give the user the control and not bombard them with anything they might not expect. Just my thoughts... Prisca On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Nancy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > ******************************************************************* > > -- • graphiceyedea.co.uk • eyedea.eu • eyelearn.org • -- ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
