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Firefox - Blocking Noisy Autoplaying Video - Next Release

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 05 2019, @10:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the hallelujah,-it's-about-time dept.

Freeman writes:

One of the scourges of sane people everywhere and parents with sleeping children, shall soon be vanquished by Firefox. The next release should include the blocking of auto-playing video. "... by default, any site that tries to play video with audio will have that video playback blocked." Despite some of the annoying things Firefox has done in the past. They seem to still be doing things right. With Chrome recently, setting aim to disable ad-blockers. Firefox just keeps looking all the better.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/firefox-to-block-noisy-autoplaying-video-in-next-release/

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Pino P on Wednesday February 06 2019, @02:17PM (4 children)

    by Pino P (4721) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @02:17PM (#797164) Journal

    What would you use instead if a friend requests voice or video chat with you, and the video chat application that the friend uses happens not to be available as a native app for your device's operating system?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @03:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @03:15PM (#797175)

    and certainly do not make friends use it

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @07:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @07:21PM (#797327)

    A phone. Zoom is for all OS though isn't it?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:23PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:23PM (#797450)

    Same as I do now.
    "No.i don't have Facebook. No. I won't sign up. "
    "No. I don't have snapchat"
    "No. I don't yammer"
    "No. I don't use Google services" (sick and tired of ducking captchas)
    "I have a phone. Call me if you like"

    • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Thursday February 07 2019, @05:00AM

      by Pino P (4721) on Thursday February 07 2019, @05:00AM (#797619) Journal

      "I have a phone. Call me if you like"

      "On my plan, making or receiving phone calls costs me money per incoming or outgoing minute and per incoming or outgoing text message. I was trying to avoid substantial carrier charges by using those apps. Nor can I copy and paste between an application on my computer and a text message on my phone."