Annoying Web Design ("THE NO MORE BACKGROUND MUSIC" RANT)
In this article, I will discuss one of the most annoying, amatuer, (and potentially illegal) mistakes people make when creating websites. Now, before you send me emails, I know lots of people use them on their personal sites, that's fine. People are free to enjoy bad taste in the privacy of their own web space.
This article is geared more towards the professional or commerce sites. Certainly there is a place for sound everywhere, including these sites; It's a fact that people respond better to sensory feedback. We are talking about what is most likely already driving you insane... THE BACKGOUND MIDI!
I have come accross several sites in my surfing, including a well-known boat manufacturer (who shall remain nameless becasuse they make a great boat) who uses Jimmy Buffet's Cheesburger In Paradise to annoy visitors into a buying frenzy. Not only are the computer-generated notes of a MIDI file slightly off-key, you may even open yourself up to intellectual property infringement, and, as recent events prove, the RIAA doesn NOT take this lightly.
The bottom line with background music is this: If your customer is busy nodding away to that MIDI file of 'Eye of the Tiger' you spent hours searching for, they may forget they are actually supposed to be buying something from you, and leave...I know I would.
There was originally a MIDI file playing in the background as an example, but it annoyed me when I visited my own blog, so it is no more.
posted by Webmaster @ 10:35 PM
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