Crimes for which hanging is too good, #1
I think I will start a new occasional series here, called "crimes for which hanging is too good" where I can share with you my opinions of various offenses that are so heinous that even the ultimate penalty does not go far enough to serve as a deterrent.
Anyway, my first entry in this field of horror is the crime against decency known as "the web page which automatically makes noise when you visit it" also known as "URLs that squeal."
Remember many years ago when the web was new and Netscape invented the flash tag? Soon everyone was using it. It was very annoying. People later learned other tricks, such as making pages fade in and out and then along came the animated gif. All of these were attention-grabbing novelties, but at least they merely assaulted the eyeballs of the page viewer him or herself.
Web pages that make noise or play a song or movie automatically when you visit them are much, much worse. First of all, the noise assults more then just the web page viewer; others in earshot have to listen (it's kinda like secondhand smoke, that way).
Secondly, it happens automatically without the user having the choice of whether or not to listen to the sound or view the movie. These sites are the web equivalent of the screaming late-night commercial by a used car salesman (and just as classy). If you are viewing the web at an office or library, they loudly interrupt your work and everyone else's around you.
There's never even any legitimate reason to automatically play a sound or a movie when someone comes to your web page. It is easy to embed controls into a page that give the viewer a choice to click and play your movie or song if they want. And if you are merely grabbing attention, then whatever your web site is promoting probably isn't worth learning about anyway.
I will never buy a product from a company which commits this crime against decency. And who would vote for a jackass like this who assults your ears automatically when you visit his web site (warning, site plays annoying sound effects upon loading)?
I think I will start a new occasional series here, called "crimes for which hanging is too good" where I can share with you my opinions of various offenses that are so heinous that even the ultimate penalty does not go far enough to serve as a deterrent.
Anyway, my first entry in this field of horror is the crime against decency known as "the web page which automatically makes noise when you visit it" also known as "URLs that squeal."
Remember many years ago when the web was new and Netscape invented the flash tag? Soon everyone was using it. It was very annoying. People later learned other tricks, such as making pages fade in and out and then along came the animated gif. All of these were attention-grabbing novelties, but at least they merely assaulted the eyeballs of the page viewer him or herself.
Web pages that make noise or play a song or movie automatically when you visit them are much, much worse. First of all, the noise assults more then just the web page viewer; others in earshot have to listen (it's kinda like secondhand smoke, that way).
Secondly, it happens automatically without the user having the choice of whether or not to listen to the sound or view the movie. These sites are the web equivalent of the screaming late-night commercial by a used car salesman (and just as classy). If you are viewing the web at an office or library, they loudly interrupt your work and everyone else's around you.
There's never even any legitimate reason to automatically play a sound or a movie when someone comes to your web page. It is easy to embed controls into a page that give the viewer a choice to click and play your movie or song if they want. And if you are merely grabbing attention, then whatever your web site is promoting probably isn't worth learning about anyway.
I will never buy a product from a company which commits this crime against decency. And who would vote for a jackass like this who assults your ears automatically when you visit his web site (warning, site plays annoying sound effects upon loading)?
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