I've got to say, I'm not a fan of the online ads or widgets with sound. Yes, they look and sometimes even sound cool, but I still have a terrible startle whenever a wave or thunderstorm suddenly crashes through my computer. I'm a multitasker, so I then have to figure out which recently opened page has the offending ad, which is often a challenge as many people--this blog included--have a parade of widgets along the margins. It doesn't help that I often listen to music or a podcast while I'm working, so the volume is turned up and really makes the sound effects prominent.
How about you--YES or NO to widgets with sound?
Happy weekend!
8 comments:
Definite no. For the exact reasons you listed. I'm glad all the people out there want to share their playlists. And I want to know...but I'd like to listen on my own time. And in ads...just no.
Guess I'm selfish because I prefer my own music background. I dislike being startled.
Guess that makes it three for three I don't like them either.
An emphatic NO to sites with sound. I generally put them on my "stay outta there" list.
I cannot stand them, that and websites that have music that plays in the background.
Like the Silence and new Hunger Games widget. It's gorgeous but I think my computer is being attacked
NO! Can't stand sites with sound effects or music. Nothing is more embarrassing than to be quietly surfing the net in a public place when the Starlight Vocal Band starts playing at full blast because you forgot to mute your laptop. Of course, maybe I should rethink the sites I visit.
Oh definitely NO to widgets/etc with sound. There is nothing creepier than for me to be lost in my own little world and something on an app/etc startles me (ie someone starts talking.) Ugh!
You have a good weekend, too!
I like silence too, here, there, EVERYWHERE ;-) I keep the computer on mute as a default ;-)
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