I’m on the Square and Round Dance Web Ring, so there’s a banner at the bottom of each of my pages with the webring controls. Both the previous site (Valley Squares of Shelton, CT) and the next site (Mike Callahan) have automatic MIDI music that starts to play as soon as you enter the site. I hate that, since I usually have a TV or iTunes going while I surf. If the music is useful (like hearing some samples from a square dance record producer, or demo calling from a caller), I’ll play it (after turning off other sound sources. Otherwise, it just makes me hit the Back button as quickly as I can to stop the sound.

At least the two sites that surround me display controls for the music, so I can scroll down and stop it. Sites that play music and give me no controls go on my blacklist.