Anyone tested the new Autoplay policy from Chrome 66 yet?
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How does it work? Can we stop video pre-buffering with it?
Previously Vivaldi can only stop autoplay on new background tab, but it can't stop autoplay & pre-buffer on active tab.Can someone with Chrome let us know how "good" or "bad" the way it work in Chrome?
Chrome new Autoplay activation instruction, same on Vivaldi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA8vGlSgApEThanks.
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@gwen-dragon Not Vivaldi, I'm asking Vivaldi user who also using Chrome.
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@gwen-dragon In Vivaldi it only work on NEW background tab, like open youtube link in background without switch focus to it won't cause video to play/buffer. Active tab however will still buffer & play the video, which is still pretty useless to most people.
I hope we can get the absolute no autoplay & pre-buffer until we clicked on the video like "Click to play" on earlier Opera Turbo.
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this might help you with youtube https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enhancer-for-youtube/ponfpcnoihfmfllpaingbgckeeldkhle
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Update: It seems there isn't any improvement over the old Vivaldi autoplay behavior. Chrome simply enabled it by default, very disappointing. Now it's up to Vivaldi team to bring us a proper Click to Play for HTML5 video & audio tag.