Regarding music making your computer crash, I have a friend who has the same problem - she swears it is the music - technically speaking it isn't the music or a sound, it is her computer. I know those who have this problem hate to admit it, but no decent, properly adjusted computer should crash when they encounter a sound, or music.
Best thing to do is to admit to yourself that it "could" be your computer, and get a GOOD tech man to check your system out - it is your system, not the sound.
posted on September 12, 2000 06:59:47 AM new
POTON
Thanks that was nice.
What I immediately thought about was all the wild accents one would be hearing, greeting folks to their auctions.
Many folks have an absolutely awful recording voices, and you might find a whole business, recording your voice for them. I know I wouldn't think of putting my own voice on such a recording -
But, I do think it is novel and I personally would use it, if I had a recording with anything but my own voice. Can't use my mates voice either, the accent is as bad as mine!
posted on September 12, 2000 07:00:41 AM newpoton, I checked your page again and got the same results. The page hangs when it is 81% loaded.
I looked at your code. You're using Internet Explorer. The <BGSOUND> tag is Explorer-specific. Netscape users won't be able to hear it. I think you'll need to add an <EMBED SRC=...> tag for Netscape.
Also, according to Microsoft, the <BGSOUND> tag may only be used within the <HEAD> tag.
(I loaded the file by pasting the URL into my browser window. It's pretty cool.)
posted on September 12, 2000 07:15:30 AM new
Regarding Music or Sound within an AD
I read on AW about how annoying music, etc., is with an auction, yet, I have used music for a couple of years, and get endless complements. We use music on every page of our web site, and again get tons of complements.
1. I look at adding anything to an ad in a cold, professional position. Yes, I realize it will annoy a few - yes, I realize a couple of computers will crash - BUT, when you realize that all major TV ads are done with "mood" music, all announcements on TV include "mood" music, then that tells me that the music directly effects and can motivate the person viewing the ad.
Music sets a mood (yes I know those of you who don't like it say it sets a bad mood) BUT the fact is does it help sell, and in my experience it definitely does.
I don't use any "canned music," that is I personally select complementary midi's that set the mood for a given product.
Long ago I spent time surfing the WWW loading music that was classic, and would work well with various items. I have all the codes for these midi's in a book, and when I create an ad, I just turn in my little midi book and pick a complementary song.
For instance if I were posting a piece of crystal I might use "Claire De Lune."
If I were posting a patriotic item I might use "American Trilogy."
An antique toy ad might be accompanied by "Memories."
The professionals use mood music, and they have all the stats on which to base their reasoning on - so I'll keep my music, and the sales it brings.
There will never be a end to this discussion, as there are always the opponents, and since there is no way to "prove" the advantage, the discussion will rage on - I think it is a matter of professionally and personal choice.....anyway I am not sure I'd want everyone to agree, then everyone would use music and it wouldn't be that unique any longer.
posted on September 12, 2000 08:50:05 AM new
The problem with music on eBay's descriptions if fundamentally for 2 big reasons, 2 big mistakes that the owner makes:
1) They place the link at the beginning of the html, wrong! That's why the page takes to long to load and 99% of people will not waste their time in waiting, especially when there are running so many thousands of good Auctions. I Don't blame them! The link can be installed anywhere, but definitely I recommend you to insert it at the end of the html.
2) People have a really BAD TASTE, they even put music that sound EXTREMELY LOUD without caring the viewer/bidder/buyer that's why they click the back button, just because they got scared, am I wrong? I don't blame you, I did it in many occasions because the sound was too loud, the music was too annoying, or because just the music too long to load. You have to think all these aspects before inserting a sound in your description, that's why many people say that background music is not the way to go.
posted on September 12, 2000 04:38:10 PM new
I just checked your link and using Cable modem, it still took several seconds to load--in an auction, I would have backed out by the time that the sound started. JMHO
posted on September 12, 2000 07:05:20 PM new
I'm kind of surprised, it loaded extremely quickly for me.
Personally, I don't care for it. I never turn on my speakers unless I'm dl something I want to listen to. If it did take awhile to load, unless I badly wanted to see the item, I'd just back out of it.
