I wish content providers would dispense with the laser shows and just serve up information. I'm on the web to get information, not to be dazzled by multimedia. Always harping about the good old days. When browsers were just browsers. When the Web was just text.
Information is more than just text.
It's text plus visuals plus audio. Hell, if they could build in smell and touch, I'd want that, too. I'm on the Web for information, too, but information is all these things. But adding extraneous media doesn't necessarily bolster the info. Graphics and sound don't magically add value to information.