[thelist] Sound in webpages - Mild Rant

Mike evolt at muinar.com
Fri Nov 12 17:33:47 CST 2004


At 11:50 11.11.2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Mild Rant
>
>I just want to say that every time I come to a page that starts playing 
>audio I want to stop the sound, if I can't stop the sound I'll leave the 
>page.  To stop the sound is often confusing especially when the stop 
>button doesn't work...often the case with flash.  I find audio pop-ups to 
>be more intrusive than browser pop-ups.
>
>Given a choice I would prefer to hit a play button on a web page rather 
>than having it start playing when I start browsing the page.

Agree completely, but what do you think about this example?

http://www.newstoday.com/

For me it's a nice exception. Other opinions?

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