I recently got some feedback from a friend that the music on my blog's playlist was a bit distracting.. I consequently turned off the autostart feature. It got me to wondering.. so I thought that I'd take a poll and get your opinions:
Please vote.. and leave a comment as well.. if not for me do it for the sake of bloggers all over the world :)
Autostart music is one of those things that seems like a good idea. But, it really is not.
ReplyDeleteI'm usually listening to music in iTunes when I'm surfing (and I want sound). So, when I hit a site and Enya starts playing overtop of what I'm listening to, it makes an awful noise. The other day I when I hit your blog I was listening to something for the first time and began wondering why they dubbed that music over it until I figured out what you had done. At least the option to stop the music was there. I did appreciate that.
Also, sometimes you're surfing when you're supposed to be talking to someone on the telephone or you're in an office environment. Then, bam! You hit a site where music starts blaring (not yours- your music was nice and soothing). You have to scramble for the back button or the mute button or anything to get it to stop!
I never listen to music on a site unless someone has specifically posted a song for me to listen to and evaluate or I'm visiting a site for a band I'm checking out.
Brian said it perfectly. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat they said!
ReplyDeleteDitto :) I sometimes have my music on and then wonder why it sounds funny and its because there are two songs playing simultaneously.
ReplyDeleteYup, I am with Brian.
ReplyDeleteWhich is also why I am usually on mute, my PC I mean :) so I did not know you had autostarting music in your blog!!!
Yeah ususally people's taste in music is not as rawkin' as mine so I prefer that it doesn't auto-start. I come to your site to read your words, not hear your playlist.
ReplyDeleteSame as Brian.
ReplyDeleteI am usually listening to music when I'm surfing the internet. But that's why auto start music players have pause buttons.
ReplyDeleteIt's just not a big deal to me. The music expresses who you are, and I dig learning that kind of stuff about people.
For example... never in a millions years would I have guessed Enya for you. But now I know.