What Have They Been Smoking?
I am designing a website for a very “artistic” client. They are full of odd requests, but then we get to this one:
Client: “The site has to be an experience, not just a destination. I want to embrace the senses! Sight, sound, smell!”
Me: “Well, we can add music, but in my experience, I’ve found that users don’t really like that.”
Client: “With the right music, they’ll never leave! Can we give them a smell, too?”
Me: “A… smell?”
Client: “Yes! When they open my site, I want them to smell a fresh meadow.”
Me: “That’s not really possible.”
Client: “Can’t we make it so some smoke or a scent or something comes out of the computer when they open my site?”
Me: “If there’s smoke coming out of their computer, trust me, they’re not going to be focusing on your site.”
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