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Now if you can just mute it directly from the tab they'd really be onto something.
by ereckers 13y ago
Now if you can just mute it directly from the tab they'd really be onto something.
- JTon 13y agoAgreed. This is a good start though. It's features like this that makes the utilitarian in me nod in approval.
- joshdick 13y agoYou can: by closing the tab. Which is what I plan to do to any tab that plays sound I didn't ask for.
- deletes 13y agoI would prefer preventing audio + video to start on a tab that is not selected.
- JoshTriplett 13y agoThat would also prevent using a web browser to run a music player in the background.
- deletes 13y agoNote the phrase preventing to start. Already playing media would be unaffected. +: Also the rule would be extended to include minimized browser even if the tab is selected.
- jayd16 13y agoWhat does that even mean? You can't stop at a single file or stream as that would most likely still break things. If you allow tabs that play sound to continue to play sound you could just run a small, short, silent sound file on page load and then do whatever you want for the life of the tab.
- gibybo 13y agoI think you could mitigate the 'play short/silent sound on page load'. Each tab would have a max volume limit. The limit can be increased automatically while the tab is open, but it must stay within some % of that limit when the tab is not open. The default limit would be 0. You can add some restraints on the length of sound too, like require a sound to play for at least a second before adopting its new volume for the tab.