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Warning: it starts playing music automatically. Be careful to adjust your volume so you don't bother anyone around you.

yutah 12y ago
or don't forget to raise your volume so that you don't miss anything
parennoob 12y ago
Cannot upvote this enough. If the creator of this is listening, for Cthulhu's sake require some input from the user before blaring out sound at them. Was interested, but closed as soon as a tab started making loud noises without me asking it to.
- gherkin 12y ago
  It's really not that bad. Click the "mute" icon in the top-left of the screen and go on with your life.
  - lucaspiller 12y ago
    This is actually a pet peeve on mine, I feel it's akin to people playing music loudly on their phones in public. I like people to respect my silence. I'd appreciate it if web sites asked me before blurting out music - it seems with HTML5 people have forgotten the annoyance of Flash banner ads.
  - MattBearman 12y ago
    It was bad for me as I was already listening to spotify, so the two songs mixed quite horrendously
- Avitas 12y ago
  Even though this thread is tangential to the OP, I second your sentiment and apologize for furthering the thread hijack. Obviously, I am of the opinion that automatic media playback is a "no no" and I personally dislike the practice. The use of automatic media playback is a red flag in my mind that tells me, "This website is not primarily user-preference driven and is likely something that is about to show me a marketing pitch. The owners of the website do not have a problem with surprising me and/or others nearby due to an oversight or marketing interests." This thread deserves to be at the top as a reminder to web services and design staff. I realize that decisions for auto-playback likely come from above. If I were in a position of subservience and the directive came from above, I would offer my advice that this behavior is pushy and may turn away users.
  - j-b 12y ago
    Adding (Warning: Autoplay Music) in the description would be the the courteous thing to do here.
- kcimc 12y ago
  creator here. sorry for the annoyance! original idea was to slowly fade the first song in, but i couldn't get the html5 audio api wrangled quickly enough for launch. the insanity of consecutive 3 second audio clips is definitely a part of the experience i didn't want anyone to miss, but sorry it couldn't have started more subtly.

yutah 12y ago

or don't forget to raise your volume so that you don't miss anything

Cannot upvote this enough. If the creator of this is listening, for Cthulhu's sake require some input from the user before blaring out sound at them. Was interested, but closed as soon as a tab started making loud noises without me asking it to.

gherkin 12y ago
It's really not that bad. Click the "mute" icon in the top-left of the screen and go on with your life.
- lucaspiller 12y ago
  This is actually a pet peeve on mine, I feel it's akin to people playing music loudly on their phones in public. I like people to respect my silence. I'd appreciate it if web sites asked me before blurting out music - it seems with HTML5 people have forgotten the annoyance of Flash banner ads.
- MattBearman 12y ago
  It was bad for me as I was already listening to spotify, so the two songs mixed quite horrendously
Avitas 12y ago
Even though this thread is tangential to the OP, I second your sentiment and apologize for furthering the thread hijack. Obviously, I am of the opinion that automatic media playback is a "no no" and I personally dislike the practice. The use of automatic media playback is a red flag in my mind that tells me, "This website is not primarily user-preference driven and is likely something that is about to show me a marketing pitch. The owners of the website do not have a problem with surprising me and/or others nearby due to an oversight or marketing interests." This thread deserves to be at the top as a reminder to web services and design staff. I realize that decisions for auto-playback likely come from above. If I were in a position of subservience and the directive came from above, I would offer my advice that this behavior is pushy and may turn away users.
- j-b 12y ago
  Adding (Warning: Autoplay Music) in the description would be the the courteous thing to do here.
kcimc 12y ago
creator here. sorry for the annoyance! original idea was to slowly fade the first song in, but i couldn't get the html5 audio api wrangled quickly enough for launch. the insanity of consecutive 3 second audio clips is definitely a part of the experience i didn't want anyone to miss, but sorry it couldn't have started more subtly.