Do you like sound on websites?
A lot of the sites I point to have sound that is set to autoplay. Personally, I don’t like this feature, as I’m often already listening to audio on the computer when I’m looking at the sites, either music or podcasts, so the sound disrupts this. If I’m in work, the sound can often distract other people. My personal preference is to have sound set to mute as a default and give people the option to play it. And the sites that give you no way of turning the sound off, or hide the control below the fold in teeny, tiny letters are just as bad!
But what do you think? Please, take the poll and let me know.
Should websites have sound playing automatically?
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1 opinion for Do you like sound on websites?
Lex G
Dec 6, 2007 at 6:07 am
My answer is NO I don’t like auto soundtrack playback on sites.
I use firefox tab browsing, and whenever I have 10 > sites open in tabs I need to go and search which site is putting the sound in my speakers….
It’s annoying ….
Lex
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