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Annoying, self-starting video. From the guidelines: In Submissions ... If you submit a link to a video or pdf, please warn us by appending [
by RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
Annoying, self-starting video. From the guidelines:
In Submissions
...
If you submit a link to a video or pdf, please warn
us by appending [video] or [pdf] to the title.
ADDED IN EDIT:
At the time of adding this edit, someone has downvoted the above comment. That's fine, and I don't mind. I continue to find it annoying that people downvote things without explaining why, but I guess someone thought it didn't belong here.
Let me explain why I think the guideline is a good one.
I have two monitors. Each has 12 virtual desktops. Each virtual desktop has between 10 and 40 windows, some of which are browsers. Each browser has 10 to 50 tabs. I've just counted.
I tend to launch a bunch of stuff quickly, then methodically track through them, skimming, launching, and closing as appropriate. When a video auto-starts I have to track through potentially hundreds of windows/tabs/whatever, to find the one that's giving me grief.
It's annoying, and I think it's rude not to follow a site's guidelines.
You may disagree, and I'd be interested in an enlightening debate.
- ma2rten 16y agoHolly crap ! Why do you need to many windows ?
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoRapid context switching. I honestly don't know how people manage with just a few.
- mistermann 16y agoI'm the same way. So have you ever come across any plugins or anything to assist in this environment? For example, a FF plugin that can perform a global search in all browser windows and open tabs? Or a tab manager that can consolidate tabs from multiple windows into one, things like that??