"Ron Hunter" <rphunter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Jürgen Exner wrote:
>> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> I'm trying a new feature on my site, and I'm wondering if someone
>>>>> might take the time to drop by and test it for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.geocities.com/hanks.dudley/index.html
>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out what browsers have problems with the sound,
and
>>
>> As for that: personal tastes vary but I for my part am very happy with
>> the blessed silence I am getting from Firefox. Whenever a web page is
>> blaring at me I hit the mute button on my
>> keyboard or most often just close the page to never come back. Same
with
>> fancy flash animations (luckily Firefox can block). This is one of
those
>> cases, where less is often more.
>>
>> jue
>
> Some people just LOVE to have loud music blast them out of their seats,
or
> strange noises assault their senses. I am NOT one of them, and ANY site
> that produces sound without specifically being ASKED to do so will find
me
> scarce after the first couple of seconds.
>
> I suggest that if your site plays sound, you ASK the user if he/she
wants
> sound, but default to SILENCE.
Yes, this is the general drift of the feedback I'm getting.
As a test of the sound coding, I wanted to make sure that it played, so I
put it in as a background sound. But, suspecting that it might be
considered a bit intrusive, I tried to keep the time period to a few
seconds. Also, I tried to give potential users a bit of a warning by
using
the "Can you hear me?" title on my post.
Upcoming versions will tie sound to a button and give users the option of
"the sound of silence."
Thanks for the feedback,
Dudley
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