LenBradshaw — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:47:08 +0000

I put music on some of my clients' websites at their request, but I also always put an easy-to-find "sound off" button on every page. Regarding the onClick sound, I've done that a couple of times as well... but I lower the sound so that it's barely audible. Lastly, I always ask my clients if they approve of whatever music or sounds have been placed on the site before it goes live. After all, they're paying me and they're the ones I aim to please.

void — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:17:27 +0000

I have to agree with most of the people here as i think any type of sound in the website will be assumed as noise by the visitor. You can always give an option there where the users can select what they want and that would be all good. No one likes to get distracted by any out of the blues sounds and it is rather irritating sometimes I must say.

a_gajic — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:18:24 +0000

I'm one of those boring people who just has sound on mute constantly. The reason, because too many people have sound on their web pages. Normally, when I'm programming, I'll stick some music on (namely, Oasis:))

FastNext — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:24:53 +0000

I really don't like any sudden sound on the sites. They make me become mad. Especially it is mistaked when you are very busy. But on entertaiment sites you may place what you want.

Neutron2k — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:39:34 +0000

I'm inclined to agree. You can get away with sounds in a flash driven site if you provide a way to turn them off, but using them with js events i would say is a big no no. They just drive people crazy.

Busy — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:14:47 +0000

webpages sounds are annoying, especially when not expected.
A lot of people surf the net at work, or with media player going etc, having sounds on a webpage, on every link would be really annoying.

KISS - keep it simple is often the best way to go, less is often more