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Not the OP, but with HTML5 video in modern browsers, you can't simply escape obnoxious auto-play videos by disabling/never installing RealPlayer/Shockwave/Flash
by douche 9y ago
Not the OP, but with HTML5 video in modern browsers, you can't simply escape obnoxious auto-play videos by disabling/never installing RealPlayer/Shockwave/Flash/etc.
- err4nt 9y agoNo, but unlike when you use plugins the browser can't affect (like Flash) with HTML5 video it should be possible to use standard JavaScript to either write a user-script, a browser extension, or even build your own browser in a way that it would find all HTML5 videos and prevent them from autoplaying. Because things are built to standards now, we can build those tools to manipulate them the way YOU want (which includes making them not auto-play) so the move from Flash and other 'black box' plugins to HTML video has been a HUGE win for usability!