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It would be dodgy hack, but another HN comment made reference to a statement that tabs playing audio are always considered "foregrounded": https://groups.google

It would be dodgy hack, but another HN comment made reference to a statement that tabs playing audio are always considered "foregrounded": https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink-dev/-dmrNAFHd-4/discussion https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink...

dumbmatter 10y ago
I think I might actually try this lol
NTripleOne 10y ago
...that would explain why flash files with no sound seem to 'pause' (or at least, run very, very slowly) when in a different tab.
TheRealDunkirk 10y ago
Their own Google Play would be impacted otherwise. Good to hear, since the only thing I use Chrome for is Google Play (and any other, one-off, old-fashioned sites which require Flash). Why in the world does Google still require Flash for... anything?
jlgaddis 10y ago
Great, so we can now expect more and more sites to start playing "null" audio as a "workaround".