OSX or Logitech driver incompatibility with sounds from web

Question

If sound comes from certain websites,
OSX (or Logitech driver) have a problem outputting it to the proper port.
I sent feedback to Apple,
but I wonder if anyone else has experienced this or have any comments?
Giovanni
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For sounds from certain websites,
If headset is connected to USB port,
SystemPreferences>Sound>Output
does not honor "Line Out" user's selection.
Problem steps:
1) Connect:
Speakers ("Line out") to Built in audio port
Logitech USB Headset to USB port
2) Verify
AppleMenu>SystemPreferences>Sound>Output is set to "Line Out"
3) Play sound using some applications and websites
(for example iTunes, Skipe, http://www.apple.com, etc)
Verify sound comes out of speakers as expected
and SystemPreferences>Sound>Output's
Mute or Output Volume settings respond as expected.
So all hardware works.
4) Play sound from other websites
(for example http://antoniocarlosjobim.brazilmaxmusic.com)
Verify sound mistakenly comes out of Headset.
(and SystemPreferences>Sound>Output
does not respond to Mute or Output Volume changes).
5) Issue is the same for many browsers (Safari, FIre Fox, IE).
Thus, it is not a browser issue.
It happens for sounds from movie or music files.
Thus, it is no a specific file format issue.
It seems likely a Logitech driver/OSX issue
(or we can always blame the websites)
System: iMac 20" 1.8 GHz G5
Mac OS X 10.4.6
Software Update: Your Software is up to date.
iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Logitech USB Headset Version: 10.13

Answer 1

Yes, ideally all websites would follow W3C standards.
But many don't.
Until then, as you suggest, we should:
1) send a note to the site informing that they should test on both Platforms and
not following standards hurts them before a growing base of users.
As Mac's market share increases (as it is positioned to do),
web masters will get better at testing their sites on both Platforms, and
glitches like this are less and less likely to occur.
But it is not enough to blame the website and
expect the consumer to pick a fight with all non-compliant web masters
(I can't imagine my dad, or the majority or non-technical people, doing this).
That would let the consumer have bad user experience that wastes everyone's time.
This is not "it just works", and ultimately hurts Apple's reputation for most consumers.
In cases like this, I believe it is also important to:
2) send a note to Apple so they are aware of the glitch and can write more robust driver
to handle non-compliant sites gracefully like Logitech did.
This will give "it just works" user experience.
Mac is vastly superior to Windows in nearly every respect and already handles most non-compliant situations great.
This is a really a minor issue (but real, so ball is also on Apple's court to look at).
3) acknowledge the glitch, so we all aware of the facts.
That way Apple will look at fixing it and
consumers will have a workaround (use the headset)
and know it is a known issue they don't need to waste time and aggravation investigating.
In summary, until apple fixes the driver, send note to website and use headset.