What really annoys me is video-players that automatically start playing when the page loads, or that assume that if I pause, then drag the playhead back to the

What really annoys me is video-players that automatically start playing when the page loads, or that assume that if I pause, then drag the playhead back to the beginning of the timeline, that means 'start playing from the beginning'. I've always assumed this was because sites with video are generally designed by people in the US with so much bandwidth available that videos reliably play stutter-free with no buffering required. Sometimes it's easier to break into the page with Firebug and extract the .flv URL and download it manually for later viewing, than to wrestle a Flash player into behaving sensibly. If your "Start loading" button takes off, I shall be very grateful, but wide support for HTML5's <video/> element would be even better.