http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages User Experience * Usability * Emerging Technologies Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-5322 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:28:35 +0000 http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-5322 [...] To everyone who has a MySpace page that plays music when I visit it. Aside from a specific band’s page, I can’t recall ever enjoying the song that plays. Why must thou force it on me? To every retail site that doesn’t remember that I like to “view all”. It is so simple to remember this — why make me click the damn link again and again??? [...] […] To everyone who has a MySpace page that plays music when I visit it. Aside from a specific band’s page, I can’t recall ever enjoying the song that plays. Why must thou force it on me? To every retail site that doesn’t remember that I like to “view all”. It is so simple to remember this — why make me click the damn link again and again??? […]

]]> http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-2612 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:24:33 +0000 http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-2612 [...] RELATED POSTS Topic of the Week: Automatic Audio on Web PagesAre the Networks Fighting TiVo with Commercial Placement?My TiVo StoryTotW: Can a Design Connect Emotionally AND Be Usable?Apple’s iTV Announcement: A HUGE Day in HCI HistoryA Few Thoughts on the Gap.com Redesign [...] […] RELATED POSTS Topic of the Week: Automatic Audio on Web PagesAre the Networks Fighting TiVo with Commercial Placement?My TiVo StoryTotW: Can a Design Connect Emotionally AND Be Usable?Apple’s iTV Announcement: A HUGE Day in HCI HistoryA Few Thoughts on the Gap.com Redesign […]

]]> http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-1405 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:20:03 +0000 http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-1405 I'm with you Mike. Let the user keep control of their experience and request the audio if they want it. It doesn't fit people's expectation to have audio blarring by going to a URL or clicking on a link. When it does, or when we think we might expect it and will need to be ready to find how to turn it off, I think we're in trouble. If it's a music/multimedia web site and navigation is set up change between streams, channels, etc., that would be a different story. That's one case I could see. Here's a slightly amusing example. I ran across this site the other day and had to wonder why they decided on this dramatic/emotional score for their products for electronic health records. http://www.curemd.com/ I’m with you Mike. Let the user keep control of their experience and request the audio if they want it. It doesn’t fit people’s expectation to have audio blarring by going to a URL or clicking on a link. When it does, or when we think we might expect it and will need to be ready to find how to turn it off, I think we’re in trouble.
If it’s a music/multimedia web site and navigation is set up change between streams, channels, etc., that would be a different story. That’s one case I could see.
Here’s a slightly amusing example. I ran across this site the other day and had to wonder why they decided on this dramatic/emotional score for their products for electronic health records.
http://www.curemd.com/

]]> http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-1332 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:03:29 +0000 http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-1332 Digg Me: http://digg.com/design/Should_audio_start_immediately_when_a_web_page_loads Digg Me: http://digg.com/design/Should_audio_start_immediately_when_a_web_page_loads

]]> http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-1301 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:02:07 +0000 http://mikemadaio.com/topic-of-the-week-automatic-audio-on-web-pages#comment-1301 I think you have to ask how the audio benefits the user. It is quite hard to make a blanket statement that it is OK or NOT OK to have audio load automatically as there may be some situations for each. Does the audio serve to enhance the overall experience? Sell something? I think you have to ask how the audio benefits the user. It is quite hard to make a blanket statement that it is OK or NOT OK to have audio load automatically as there may be some situations for each. Does the audio serve to enhance the overall experience? Sell something?

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