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>They've gone out of their way to ensure that you can't ever play an Audio/Video clip automatically on page load in iOS Safari Which sounds very wise from a us
by batista 14y ago
>They've gone out of their way to ensure that you can't ever play an Audio/Video clip automatically on page load in iOS Safari
Which sounds very wise from a user perspective.
Imagine every crappy web advertiser auto playing videos on page load on Mobile Safari. Yuck.
I don't want videos to auto-play on my Laptop, why would I want them on my phone?
>Curse you iOS 4.3 for taking away our simulated clicks
Simulated clicks? I rest my case...
- maayank 14y agoWhat do you do when that happens on your laptop? You close the page and move on. Why does it need to be any different on your mobile/tablet? I assume the battery cost of 2 seconds of video loading/playing once in a long time is negligible.
- Uchikoma 14y agoI usually do not use my laptop in a restaurant.
- batista 14y ago>What do you do when that happens on your laptop? You close the page and move on. No, I proactively install apps such as "Click to flash" and the like to make sure this DOES NOT happen on my laptop. >Why does it need to be any different on your mobile/tablet? I assume the battery cost of 2 seconds of video loading/playing once in a long time is negligible. Because I could be anywhere surfing with my mobile/tablet, in the dentist's office or even in a meeting. I don't want pages to jump at me with video I have not requested. Ever. And I don't want web marketers to assume anything about the battery life cost of their actions on MY devices.
- betterth 14y agoI disagree with the person above you's "negligible" comment. From what I understand, there is a significant battery difference for Android games between ad-supported free and ad-free paid. And the difference is due to all the extra radio usage for advertisements.