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Overly broad generalisation. The vast majority of sites should not have auto-playing video or sound, however on sites where the user explicitly expects it to ha
by halo 18y ago
Overly broad generalisation. The vast majority of sites should not have auto-playing video or sound, however on sites where the user explicitly expects it to happen then I'd deem it as being okay. Examples are YouTube or clicking on a "Watch demo video" link - I'd regard in both cases "play video" as being implicit.
- sielskr 18y agoIf someone can tell me how to disable autoplay of video in Firefox, I would be grateful.
- ScottWhigham 18y agoI use NoScript add-on and Flash Block. Between the two of them, they'll stop 90%. http://noscript.net/ http://noscript.net/ http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://flashblock.mozdev.org/
- runningskull 18y agoYou're right. If the point of a page is to view a video, and the user has explicitly chosen to view the video, auto-play is fine. But choosing to view a video is almost like a pre-emptive pressing of "Play". Thanks for reading the post.