:-)
It's not confined to Apple lists.
Anyway, sometimes probing the "why" question can lead to a better answer.
I would question the wisdom of saying customers are idiots on a public forum, tho.
Mark
---- "Rice wrote:
> ? Is rudeness common here?
>
> My experience with various Apple mailing lists leads me to say that there
> are both people who answer the question you ask and people who feel
> obligated to tell you just why you wouldn't want to do what you asked.
>
> I find it so annoying that I've unsubscribed from all but 2 of their lists.
> When I ask a question, I'm looking for an answer, not pontificating.
>
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Triton [mailto:email@hidden]
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:52 AM
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: RE: Adding background music to a web page...
>
> My client is not an idiot. If he wants 15 seconds of quiet background music
> that plays upon opening a seating chart in a concert hall he can have it.
> You seem a bit rude and off the point here. My job is to do professional
> work regardless of what the client wants. My clients job is to let me know
> what he wants. Simple, really.
>
> I was hoping to get an answer without the rudeness that a few of you have
> shown. I wasn't asking what your opinion was about this. That is
> irrelevant to the question at hand.
>
> Is rudeness common here? If so I will take my questions elsewhere.
>
> Triton
>
>
>
>
> > From: email@hidden
> > Reply-To: email@hidden
> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:05:15 -0800 (PST)
> > To: email@hidden
> > Subject: QuickTime-Users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 352
> >
> > Subject: RE: Adding background music to a web page...
> > To: <email@hidden>
> > Message-ID: <000a01c5e5af$51580e50$3200a8c0@maggie>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> >> Please, what's the URL of the page so I can be sure to avoid it. I
> >> totally *HATE* pages with any sort of noise on them. As do most
> >> people I think.
> >
> > Yeah, I think the world's in harmony on this one.
> >
> > Triton: We know you have to eat, but part of a pro's job is to educate
> and
> > steer clients. And I'm afraid that your client's an idiot.
> >
> > Once you let them know that people's reaction to a page that starts
> playing
> > music is generally to hit the Back button or close their browser window,
> > they'll probably understand that driving away their audience is not what
> > they want.
> >
> > Also, note that many potential customers will already be listening to
> their
> > own music as they browse, and the resulting mix will be a disaster. Plus,
> > people in public places (libraries, coffee shops) or at work in their
> > cubicle farm are going to annoy everyone around them with your client's
> > site, too.
> >
> > Finally, if you use music that you don't have the rights to, they can
> expect
> > to hear from a lawyer someday.
> >
> > So, in summary: Background music on a web page makes baby Jesus cry.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > -- Charles
>
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