Sites or blogs that have music on auto-play, Is annoying or not?

Personally, I find them quite annoying. That is why there are things like NoScript, AdBlock, and other things that block scripts, images, Flash, music, etcetera.

To be honest, it’s annoying as shit. Most people already have their iTunes/something similar playing when they’re on their computers. Keep it simple.

Have you ever browsed while your SO is asleep right behind you. Fuck music that auto-plays. There is a reason I stopped going to myspace.

But would you click on a music player if you see it on a blog or site? if it wasn’t on auto-play?

& @johnpowell lol, but you can’t blame myspace for everything. a lot of great designers/ web coders came learning from using myspace. IMO

I might not click on that music player if it wasn’t on auto-play, but that should be my choice. In fact, if it was anything but a musician’s website (and even then it’s mildly annoying), I would NEVER go back to the website again if they had auto-play on. Very annoying.

So, music player… but not on auto-play is best idea ?

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I keep my sound turned off all the time except when I specifically want to hear something. As soon as it’s over, I turn it right back off again.

Annoying. Let users have the options of turning it on or not. What if someone accidentally leaves their volume on loud and go to your website?It would be disruptive if it was late at night.

Okay Thanks!

Yeah, there’s not much that’ll get me to close a site faster than stuff that auto-plays. Let me choose to listen or not, please!

Heres another Blog question. Twitter Feedback? doesn’t it make the page take longer to load them? and does it really matter when you have a twitter link to your twitter anyways?

Want to hear something really funny? I was on the computer for nearly a year before I even knew it made a sound. One day I asked my husband why a greeting he sent me played music on his computer and not on mine. That’s when he showed me the on and off switch. I still keep it off most of the time because the unexpected noises that come out of it from time to time startle me.

I prefer not to have music forced on me. I most probably won’t switch the auto player on either. The volume on my laptop is always off, but often my partner leaves it on when he’s used it. I hate the sudden surprise of sound when I open a page, blog, etc.
So I say no to auto play blurting in my ears without me having a choice in the matter.

Add me to the list… I really dislike being forced to listen to music on any website. If I’m just surfing, I generally close the tab as soon as it starts playing.

It was one of the reasons I got off MySpace a couple of years ago. Every one I knew had a page that started in with the music. Arrrggh! I’m glad no one makes those web pages anymore that when you clicked in, there was all that annoying MIDI crap.

i find it annoying. i am try to read and concentrate and if the music is not the style i prefer i am forced to turn down my speakers.

Music on a website (unless it’s a website for a band and I’m purposefully visiting it to listen to their music), is a surefire way to get me off a website in two seconds flat, and never visit it again.

annoying. I move on immediately.