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I am of the opinion that web sites should never make noise automatically. Never, no matter what site. I often have my sound on without even realizing it. Nothin
by ph33t 11y ago
I am of the opinion that web sites should never make noise automatically. Never, no matter what site. I often have my sound on without even realizing it. Nothing is more disturbing to me or those near me than me going to a site and having stuff come over the speaker. I almost always close the tab immediately. Please never autoplay anything.
- duaneb 11y agoCan't agree more. Also, autoplaying videos—never a good idea.
- eru 11y agoEven on youtube?
- CamperBob2 11y agoEspecially on YouTube.
- duaneb 11y agoI mean, how hard is a "youtube autoplay" plugin? What other site even needs that function? Are people really too lazy to press play?
- palmer_eldritch 11y agoSince autoplay is the default right now, you could expect a fair amount of people to think youtube's broken if you changed it...
- duaneb 11y agoSomehow I think they'll get over it.
- ars 11y agoYes. Even youtube. I routinely open a bunch of tabs with interesting things, then read them. Youtube included - I'd like to be able to open a bunch of videos, then watch then one at a time in the tabs. I don't want all of them to start playing at once.
- sd8f9iu 11y agoIs this not the new behavior? My YT videos only play when I go to the tab now.
- treyp 11y agoThis is specific to the browser, not YouTube: https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts/6PiJQqJzGqX https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts/6PiJQqJzGqX
- sd8f9iu 11y agoInteresting, thanks. I find that very surprising, as YouTube now behaves differently across browsers. I'm surprised Google would make this the policy for Chrome, and not make the change in YouTube too; it's much better.
- Wingman4l7 11y agoNot to mention that it's infuriating if the you're wearing headphones and the sound is loud or you have your volume inadvertently cranked up.
- jacquesm 11y agoAnd it's 4:26 in the morning and there are people sleeping near you.
- mintplant 11y agoOr you're at work or in class. UX designers should always err on the side of "don't risk getting the user fired".
- ojiikun 11y agoNot just infuriating, but potentially dangerous. If a website uses my audio to play a 100% volume sound without my consent and I had my headphones up high to hear a subtle recording, I might get permanent hearing damage. Every time the concept of a "Web Bill of Rights" comes up, I want Article I to be: no use of audio without express user consent. That consent might be stored for a time on a per domain basis, but only for 1st party content.
- hsod 11y agoThis seems at odds with the conventional wisdom around here RE: adblock. You're simply requesting bytes from a server, what your computer does with them is up to you (and therefore your responsibility). You should probably configure your system so website have no ability to autoplay.
- greggman 11y agoYou must never use youtube then? That seems to be a popular site
- nness 11y agoC'mon on, you must know that the user's expectations of YouTube are different than most sites.
- krapp 11y agoEven on youtube, autoplay is annoying.
- TwoBit 11y agoI have YouTube set to not autoplay.
- LukeShu 11y agoThe plugin "HTML5 Video Everywhere!" would be worth it if just for the ability to disable autoplay.
- c3534l 11y agoYouTube shouldn't autoplay videos. I especially hate it when you click on a channel profile to check out what they're about and some promo video starts up at max volume (my computer happens to be sensitive to sound differences, too). At any rate, YouTube should only play a video when the user presses the play button.
- isleyaardvark 11y agoAutoplay takes over control of your system in a way that is unexpected to the user. The visual equivalent was the much despised popup. Autoplay shouldn't be used for the same reason.