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- happyhappyhappy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+61My vote for most annoying use of sound is:
http://www.admiral.bc.ca/ - cheez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+57i've always found it to be the single most annoying thing about the internet
- Alphabet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5113. Add music like they ask, and then when they come back to complain about the music, offer them another fee to fix it
- i440, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42How to convince a client their site doesn't need background music:
Show them a site that has background music - mateo60, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3311. Shake them and slap them.
- championchap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26hopefully this'll come in handy convincing every mySpace user that, just because you can, dosnt mean yuo should.
- astatine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2412. Bring in some friends/testers to look at a "soundtracked" version of the client's website while the client watches. The client should hopefully notice people saying "How do I turn that crap off?" quite quickly.
- Mike89, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24Complaining about Web 2.0 on a Web 2.0 site is Web 2.0
- neko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25Congratulations, you have achieved Zen 2.0
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23flash intro's
- typo180, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23Ahem
-the HTML blink tag
-flaming and/or spinning gif images
-javascript message boxes
-poor or quirky embedded scrolling features - quacks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21uhh...been to myspace.com recently?
- quacks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20myspace's 43 million users need to see this...
- tutivlahos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Somewhere i read that the most clicked buttom on the web is the "skip intro".
- soapboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15What about Zombocom?
http://www.zombo.com
Yes, this is Zombocom. - JoshHendo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16"9. It uses up bandwidth: This is hardly an issue nowadays, but if it's a high traffic site having music may run the risk of putting it over its traffic limit and costing extra money."
I doubt any site with background music will ever become a high-traffic website... - JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15"Airplane" reference?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Or, just load up ANY MySpace page and watch their eyes and ears spurt blood!
- rodrigo74, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12The most annoying thing for me are pop-up windows, but background music is certainly number 2.
- kanavulator, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14This, and theme songs in app cracks make me asplode.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13I don't know of any Digg user that makes a habit of invading other countries illegally or trying to change the constitution so that they are outside the law/
- quacks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13http://forevergeek.com/articles/debunking_the_myspace_myth_of_100_million_users.php
- pile0nades, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"Using music doesnt mean you are an amatuer"
True. It means you're a dumbass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur - crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11and don't call me Shirley
- mark1372, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Surely.
- Loonacy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10One thing I've noticed about my and a lot of my friends' browsing habits: We're usually listening to music while browsing the web, and any web page that comes up playing music on top of our music gets closed right away. It's very annoying.
And I don't believe that browsing while listening to music is very rare. - sdubois92, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11happy, that has got to be the oldest and worst looking website ever made.
"EMail your reservations"
Haven't they ever heard of CGI and PHP - walkerj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10It's unfortunate that digging down makes the comment disappear, I know. I just expand them anyway and use the score as an indication of how many people agree and disagree. Also, I do digg up comments I like.
- theone3, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Talking about complaining about Web 2.0 on a Web 2.0 site is Web 2.0
- wild, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I tend to do the same. Good to know at least one other person does.
Digg should swiitch to a 3 button system, so you can say yes, no, and spam. Then, only spam clicks digg down, while yes or no show which way the approval is leaning. Could be a like a green or red meter. - tmilam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9My first reaction to a site playing music is to immediately close it, not find out how to turn off the music. You know....like when you hear someone coming around the corner and you're looking at porn?
alt + f4, alt + f4, alt + f4 fast as you can! - BBSCI, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9And the number 1 reason, is that you don't want the boss/wife/husband knowing you're not working on the Excel spreadsheet.It absolutly amazes me how many websites have a beautiful layout, play music but lack basic information like address, phone number, hours of operation.
- skywake, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11whenever I come across a site that automatically plays music then I just close the tab. its the easy solution......
fancy back-end programming is more exciting? fuk yeah!
If a site does what I want it to do effciently then who am I to complain? - JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Please..cite examples of when this is a good idea.
- Endemoniada, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10"Wow, most of those excuses are complete bunk. Using music doesnt mean you are an amatuer. Making a list of why you should never do anything does."
Wow, you _almost_ managed to actually RTFA, didn't you?
It didn't say music should never be used in advertisement on the web (and all your links were basically just pure advertisement). It made a very valid point in that music shouldn't be used on pages that are supposed to be informative. Picture having background music on Wikipedia. Or Slashdot. Or even Digg, for that matter.
I will digg your comment down for being ignorant, uninformed and stupid, nothing else. - Madcowz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Tell them it's not 1996 anymore and people have moved on from scrolling marque text, spinning email icons, background music, flashing text and puke inducing tiled backgrounds.
/Mad - wild, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Actually, it does make it disappear, or you and everyone else. Sadly, its a system that is abused. No one ever gives a thumbs up to someone who offers a good counterpoint to their argument. They just say, you wrong, and hit the red thumb. WHich means it then goes away.
So if you read the thread, all you get are the majorities opions, even if its wrong, or in this case, misguided. - ThirdPrize, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7>"some crappy emo song about crying in dark puddles"
Hey, that my fave song, that is. - shakebabies, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8how about convicing people that light gray is not a great color for font?
- RandoFernando, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Ultimately, do the job you are being paid for. When it comes down to it, if the client wants background music, the client gets background music.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Inform the client that in your experience, background music is not viewed favorably by most users. If the client still wants it on their website, do it. The customer is always right. It's their website, it's their reputation, not yours. If you dont like the design, dont put it in your portfolio and remove all credit or other identifying information from it. Cash the check and dont worry about it.
Your repeat business will suffer more if you argue with a client than if you produce a design you dont like. - dodgyd55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8music can work on some sites provided it fits with the design and its not a stupid request like Robbie Williams pish
this isn't the best but i thought it tied in well with this guy portfolio http://www.5nak.com/
I'm sure this music is used in a few ads and in fable(PC xbox) - JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Does anyone have any other "how to tell your client that he is wrong?" lists?
ie... animated cursors... bad color scheme..etc. - Schug, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7http://www.globalaigs.org/
The infamous "Glaucoma Hymn" - dominiccarr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6There are very few things worse than background music on webpages.
- walkerj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"go ahead and impose standards of them"
This statement is a good example of the way these companies think. They don't understand the use of standards-- they're something "imposed" on them by those annoying computer people. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Just tell 'em people like to listen to their OWN music when they're browsing, and as soon as some page loads music on top of that, they IMMEDIATELY close the page.
Immediately closing page = No sale for you. - combatchuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Whose money is it again? That's right, the customer. If you want to get that customer's money, you can't treat them like an idiot. I have the feeling that you would make a terrible sales person.
- ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I have a much better solution:
Just tell them that you will have to charge them a lot extra for adding music. I do the same when the customer asks for splash, unnecessary videos, having every other subpage popup instead of go to it, demand blinking text or letters, and so forth.
Some of the solutions in this article may offend the customer, especially when saying that it is unprofessional, tacky, telling them that not everyone might like their music, or asking them if they've ever surfed Myspace. Why imply that your customer is all these things (especially using MySpace as an example would be a bad choice if the site is designed to target Teens).
Saying that it'll cost him a few hundred or a thousand, works every time. They say "eh forget it, lets work on something else instead". In the 7 years I've been doing webdesign, not one customer has wanted to pay my $1200 fee for a splash page. - Murdats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4er, yeah, you want that story over there
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