> Wouldn't the more obvious choice be simply adding an option in browsers to not require hitting the play button (perhaps for MP4 that has no sound)? This is b

> Wouldn't the more obvious choice be simply adding an option in browsers to not require hitting the play button (perhaps for MP4 that has no sound)? This is basically what Imgur did with GIFV (http://blog.imgur.com/2014/10/09/introducing-gifv http://blog.imgur.com/2014/10/09/introducing-gifv), I think.