How Not to Implement Video
- Tuesday, July 18, 2006
- Web Woes
- Comment [12]
Well… Welcome back to me (for the 2 readers I still have)? Sorry I haven’t written a lot lately, but I just haven’t been motivated enough by anything to write. Things are going to be changing around here. I might not update as often, but I am going to write whats on my mind, whether it be Flash/Web related or not.
Video & Erectile Disfunction
Now, onto the meat of the story. Video. I am not going to proclaim myself to be some video expert, but I know one thing. Autoplay is bad, especially on the front page of your site. Not only autoplay, but autoplaying advertisements. When the first audio I hear from your site is…
Believe it or not, erectile disfunction affects a lot of guys…
... you are doing something wrong. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t most video online on demand? It plays when you CHOOSE it to play. Not when THEY choose it to play. Sure, YouTube autoplays, but you know going in, that they are an all video site, and you also know that there aren’t any ads about ED in their videos (yet).
Of course, I don’t really expect any better from ESPN. They don’t exactly have the best track record. Tricking users into clicking on content you have to pay to see. Making a ton of your content “Insider Only”. Fucking up Fantasy Drafts. I could go on (seriously, I was just finding a way to vent my Fantasy Draft frustration)...
A Solution?
Yes, it’s simple, don’t autoplay. And if you do autoplay, make sure there is a cookied option to disable it. I understand that you think you are making the next big wave into advertisement here, but at least disable sound? Most other video advertisements do.
