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Newcastle, OntarioI was planning to blog hop for a wee bit to relax, before heading to bed. I'm not feeling well and it always cheers me up. Anyway, I clicked on three blogs/websites in a row with music and I can't handle it, so now I'm just going to bed.
I find it's like someone scrapping a fork on a china plate. It's like "instant panic" and I can't click off of them fast enough. I dunno - maybe I'm just wacked! Anyway, now I'm nosey - does anyone else dislike it but me?
hugs,
Brenda
BrisbaneI find it anoying sometimes when ebay listings have music. Especially if you already have something else playing. Music doesn't really help me buy things on ebay - it usually makes me shut that page. I know peoples my space pages and such have music and theres usually a button to press to turn it of. 
Whimzee BearsI'm with you on this one - NO music pullleeasse !! Not only does it slow the page downloading but I find it's the equivalent of listening to really reaally bad elevator muzak and makes my ears curl !! 
DoodlebearsHate it! I switch of the sound if someone has added it to their website, blog or auction.
Hugs, Jane. 
Posts: 3,540Me too, can't stand it, and usually can't grab my volume dial fast enough.
Oddly enough, though, years ago I'd just lost my cat and was trolling through websites of breeders, and one breeder had a recording going of a cat's purring. I went back repeatedly just to listen to her website 
Bearly Kidz BearsI usually keep my speakers turned off :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
I used to have music on my website, then we put a button to turn the music on if the person wanted to. Too many people check sites out at work, and don't want others knowing what they are doing. Since I usually have music on in my house, I don't want it on the computer.............
Ellen
Tami Eveslage Original Teddy BearsMe too. Can't turn it off fast enough. Another thing that drives me a little crazy is when "little trails of things" follow my cursor arround the website like butterflies, bubbles or paw prints.
Kiprie BearsMe too, I usually keep my speakers turned off....
LuxembearsAh, the music. Doesn't bother me a bit. That's why we have a volume control. 
Back Road BearsAnother thing that drives me a little crazy is when "little trails of things" follow my cursor arround the website like butterflies, bubbles or paw prints.
I can't STAND those things!! Or things "falling"... leaves, snow, etc. Very distracting from what the focus on the website SHOULD be... the content!
I keep my volume on MUTE unless I'm going to a site where I WANT to hear something.
Some eBay auctions have music? Good grief! :doh:
MerBear Originalsdon't like the music or the traily thingies! Annoying. As well as pop-ups and other distractions. I avoid pages like that at all costs.
Marion
Waggle BearsI usually keep my speakers turned off
Me, too. It's so much easier to turn the speakers on when I want to hear something. Most of the time, they're turned off.
Tami E wrote:Another thing that drives me a little crazy is when "little trails of things" follow my cursor arround the website like butterflies, bubbles or paw prints.
I can't STAND those things!! Or things "falling"... leaves, snow, etc. Very distracting from what the focus on the website SHOULD be... the content!
I'm with you guys! The music and the trailing things and the falling things drive me nuts. I like a clean site where I can admire the content, not the frills. I am a proofreader who works from home, and I need to have my speakers on for some of our multimedia pieces...I am not amused by music on a site, especially when there's no off button or it's really hard to find on the page!
That said, it's not too often I find music...just seems to be more often lately.
~Debora
There is nothing more annoying usually than music disturbing your thoughts as you venture through a website! Sometimes, it comes on SO loud when you are not expecting it and sends me into a panic to get to the mute button! I went onto one website that had a moving background which I think was meant to represent the "stars at night" moving around and I really felt quite sick after a while and had to leave!
But, there is always an exception - I know of one very tasteful website that has Stevie Nicks - Fleetwood Mac playing, and I often go there just to listen to the song and turn my volume up nice and loud! Mmm, maybe I will just pay it a visit .......
Keep life simple.
Hugs
Marilyn
Newcastle, OntarioIt's sooo nice to know I'm not the only one who dislikes music and trappings on a website. I know there is a volume button, but it's just faster to click off the site.
I also dislike those trails of stars and things. It's like you are trying to win a race etc and are supposed to outrun them :crackup:
Just give me a nice, clean, well thought out site and I'm happy *sigh*.
hugs,
Brenda
Sometimes, it comes on SO loud when you are not expecting it and sends me into a panic to get to the mute button!
Me too! Although if it was something I really wanted to see, I turn my volume off then go back to the page. But often the initial shock keeps me from wanting to go back.
Yes I HATE it! I'm usually listening to something else whilst browsing, so annoying for music to come up on a site, especially if it can't be stopped...
Posts: 1,836yeah, not a fan of the music. Only because most are really bad tin xylophone versions of whatever the original song was. Bands.....Bands should have music, it's usually done super professionally and you're expecting it. I'm usually playing a cd on the PC, so muting wouldn't work.
Cracking up about the trailing cursor thingamabobs!! I can get vertigo pretty easily when using the computer. Those things make me go all tilt-a-whirl
:hug:
~Chrissi
Music..trailing things..most animations...fake voices welcoming me to websites..slide shows and anything vaguely irritating that's there for more than one second and I am out of there. I do have my sound off all the time now though..just in case.
Hate it too 
and I have left many web sites and did not return because of the music or the trailing things, etc.
Marion 
Jellybelly BearsYeah, I'm of the same thought, usually it scared the bejeebers out of me once it loads, I'm peacefully reading the page and then, arghhhh!!! lol. Also I'm guessing people who are "sneaking" computer time at work would hate it 
Sometimes its nice though, if its pretty harp music or the relaxing stuff....but it always makes download slower 
I'm with you guys. I hate having music on a website. Unless it is a website I really need to browse as soon as the music starts I close the tab I'm on or click the home button to leave immediately. There is nothing worse than having the music on top of the other sounds that are always going on around me.
Hugs,
KezjoyKritterzi don't hate it..but my speakers are off 99% of the time..the trailing things can be annoying..i went on one site where they kept blocking up what i wanted to read!!! i don;'t think the website owner had checked it out themselves!! they need an off button too..another site i went to had anime creatures falling down on the page..also blocking what needed to be read..cute but really annoying
Kerrilyn
Cincinnati, OhioYep - incredibly annoying............. and i love music. just like to pick my own. but music on photography websites is expected and usually soft and pleasant.........
and traily things are very distracting...........
