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79% of web users surveyed respond negatively or "very negatively" to websites that play sound without asking. (No, the fact that 21% did not fall into those categories is no excuse.) Forcing your audience to hear your music without asking them to click something first is a sure-fire way to keep them from returning to your site.
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December 16th, 2004 at 11:27 am
Down With Intrusive Website Music!
Finally…some numerical support for an opinion I’ve been voicing for years which is that having music start to play automatically when a web page loads is unappreciated by most (79% to be exact) web surfers.  A clear option to have music playing wh…