I have no doubt she is well-aware that this is a bad thing. I feel this is more to do with client management.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Ryan Seddon <seddon.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > You may want to take a look at the WCAG guidelines about audio playing on a > website, says there should be an easy mechanism to stop/pause the audio if > it runs longer than 3 seconds. > > --Ryan > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Oliver Boermans <boerm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Lesley, >> >> On 1 March 2010 00:55, Lesley Lutomski <ubu...@webaflame.co.uk> wrote: >> > Thanks to all who have replied. >> > >> > The clients in question are a committee (first problem!), who all say >> > "Oh, I >> > know nothing about computers/the internet" but at the same time refuse >> > to be >> > guided. Referring them to usability articles is a non-starter, because >> > they'll just not look at them. I've tried reducing the arguments to >> > very >> > basic, non-technical issues, but my powers of persuasion are apparently >> > lacking. >> >> Maybe they need a real world example. Next meeting you have with the >> committee, before they arrive, hide a couple of portable stereos in >> your reception. Have them playing 'pleasant' music, simultaneously. >> Let them wait a little while before you bring them into the meeting >> room where you have more music playing – don’t switch it off before >> they ask you to :-) >> >> > Given that I can't afford to turn down the work, I'll take on board the >> > points folk have made here and promise to do the least-awful job on it I >> > can! >> >> Make the point that you are in the business of building websites which >> leave a positive impression on the visitors and it would be negligent >> on your part; to not point out the cons of music on a page. Where the >> music is not the primary subject of the content anyway. >> >> Failing that…I have not tried it - but something like this appears to >> provide the control you would want to STOP the music: >> <http://www.happyworm.com/jquery/jplayer/> >> >> Perhaps if you added a mouseenter/focus event to a large portion of >> the page which would switch it off. Once you know the visitor has had >> enough of the 'ambience' of the site and is ready to learn more… >> >> Good luck! >> Ollie >> @ollicle >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >> ******************************************************************* >> > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
