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Loved the article, not a fan of the 2.4MB video of hands typing on an Apple keyboard [1] I was forced to download. I'm just glad I wasn't on a mobile connection

Loved the article, not a fan of the 2.4MB video of hands typing on an Apple keyboard [1] I was forced to download. I'm just glad I wasn't on a mobile connection (tethered or otherwise) with a bandwidth cap. I searched for methods to disable MP4 video downloading on both Chrome and Firefox, but they don't appear to work (for Firefox, it was about setting media.autoplay.enabled to false). If anyone knows how I would be able to do so, I would appreciate learning how to. [1] http://www.teehanlax.com/resources/img/story/medium/header.mp4 http://www.teehanlax.com/resources/img/story/medium/header.m... (2.4MB)

benjamincburns 13y ago
Not to mention that on a 13" rMBP it pushes the title below the fold. Doesn't give me a lot of confidence to try their "distraction free" writing interface...
- msglenn 13y ago
  Which is sad, because I've found Medium to be a terrific blogging tool for people who don't want to be full time bloggers. The interface is really very easy to use, with the only annoying thing being the difficulty in browsing Collections when deciding which one to post your work in.
call 13y ago
The whole damn page is 13 MB. It took over a minute to load on my 1.5mbps bandwidth-capped WiMax connection. The tab in Chrome is using over 200MB of memory on my Mac. With chrome using the maximum possible screen real estate, I can't even read the title on my 1440x900 mbp. http://cl.ly/PK8o http://cl.ly/PK8o A+
- stephengillie 13y ago
  With Javascript off, the tab in Chrome is only taking ~75 MB on my Lenovo.
- markdown 13y ago
  It's 28.4 megs.
yesimahuman 13y ago
2.4 MB for a video that is part of what was clearly a designed interactive experience for desktop/laptop doesn't seem like any kind of big deal.
- harlanlewis 13y ago
  This "designed for laptop" sentiment and (most) of the parallax et al "experience" sites kind of upset me. People use tablets and phones. Acknowledge reality and provide content tolerable to the medium. I give Teehan+Lax and portfolio sites in general a free pass on this (most important visitors are sitting at desks), but much of the internet seems to willfully disregard audience needs and desires as devices, contexts, and limitations expand.
kGrange 13y ago
Not to mention users like me, who opened it in a background tab, never even saw the video playing. I wouldn't have known it was anything but a blurry image if I hadn't seen this comment.
pasbesoin 13y ago
NoScript is one way.
xSwag 13y ago
Install Ad-block and add custom regex blocking all .mp4 files? I'd give you an example but I'm on my mobile right now

benjamincburns 13y ago

Not to mention that on a 13" rMBP it pushes the title below the fold. Doesn't give me a lot of confidence to try their "distraction free" writing interface...

msglenn 13y ago
Which is sad, because I've found Medium to be a terrific blogging tool for people who don't want to be full time bloggers. The interface is really very easy to use, with the only annoying thing being the difficulty in browsing Collections when deciding which one to post your work in.

call 13y ago

The whole damn page is 13 MB. It took over a minute to load on my 1.5mbps bandwidth-capped WiMax connection. The tab in Chrome is using over 200MB of memory on my Mac. With chrome using the maximum possible screen real estate, I can't even read the title on my 1440x900 mbp. http://cl.ly/PK8o http://cl.ly/PK8o A+

stephengillie 13y ago
With Javascript off, the tab in Chrome is only taking ~75 MB on my Lenovo.
markdown 13y ago
It's 28.4 megs.

yesimahuman 13y ago

2.4 MB for a video that is part of what was clearly a designed interactive experience for desktop/laptop doesn't seem like any kind of big deal.

harlanlewis 13y ago
This "designed for laptop" sentiment and (most) of the parallax et al "experience" sites kind of upset me. People use tablets and phones. Acknowledge reality and provide content tolerable to the medium. I give Teehan+Lax and portfolio sites in general a free pass on this (most important visitors are sitting at desks), but much of the internet seems to willfully disregard audience needs and desires as devices, contexts, and limitations expand.

kGrange 13y ago

Not to mention users like me, who opened it in a background tab, never even saw the video playing. I wouldn't have known it was anything but a blurry image if I hadn't seen this comment.

pasbesoin 13y ago

NoScript is one way.

xSwag 13y ago

Install Ad-block and add custom regex blocking all .mp4 files? I'd give you an example but I'm on my mobile right now