DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it good manners to pop up music that cannot be located or turned down or off and only goes away if you leave the webpage?
GENTLE READER: Manners is something practiced by people, not websites, but Miss Manners understands your point. She, too, wishes that site designers would be more considerate. But she is also grateful that when they are not, others step in to solve the problem: Most computers can now be quickly and easily muted, something designers would do well to note.