As we start to
improve the inclusion of sound and video, both linked
and streaming, we will have to find ways to warn people of all manner
of media that are not work-safe; pages which will automatically play
loud sounds (the sound of a car crash as you open [[auto accident]],
perhaps?) would fall into the same category.
Pages that automaticaly play sounds are a really bad idea. Think of
the poor kids in africa on dialup.
Even many of us on broadband are likely to find this unappealing.
Automatically playing embedded sounds in a page ranks up there with
automatically opening popup windows on my list of internet annoyances...
-Mark