On-Demand / Click To Enable Plugins & Media
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Opera 12 had a "Click To Enable" function for flash, and other video / audio plugins. The placeholder had the same dimensions as the original media, and loaded the underlying media on-demand (by clicking on the element).
Sadly this functionality was never widely adopted.I would love to see a similar feature in Vivaldi - where flash, HTML5 Video, and other media plugins were greyed-out by a placeholder until interacted with / actively enabled by the user.
This would prevent unnecessary data / CPU / GPU usage, reduce obtrusive advertising, and prevent autoplay videos from annoying everyone.
The result is faster, more harmonious browsing, using limited resources on-demand, rather than at the whim of unscrupulous and inconsiderate web developers.
It also rewards thoughtful design - e.g. instead of needing to use ad-blockers, which blanket-block even unobtrusive advertising, limiting revenue for even legitimate websites, we can instead hopefully lead the shift to "UX-ethical" advertising and design.
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For now, go to chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy > Document user activation is required, then restart browser.
I heard Chrome will tweak the autoplay behavior in April. Hope it will be as good as we want it to be. -
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Chrome autoplay behavior isn't good enough.
We need the real On-Demand Click to Play function for ALL media player. -
Was this ever considered?
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I still cannot find a setting for this. Brave has it but a browser for 100s of tabs does not?
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@spaztastical
All the more relevant now that Chrome has done away with the option to disable autoplay. -
@ideala2 said in On-Demand / Click To Enable Plugins & Media:
Opera 12 had a "Click To Enable" function for flash, and other video / audio plugins. The placeholder had the same dimensions as the original media, and loaded the underlying media on-demand (by clicking on the element).
Sadly this functionality was never widely adopted.I would love to see a similar feature in Vivaldi - where flash, HTML5 Video, and other media plugins were greyed-out by a placeholder until interacted with / actively enabled by the user.
This would prevent unnecessary data / CPU / GPU usage, reduce obtrusive advertising, and prevent autoplay videos from annoying everyone.
The result is faster, more harmonious browsing, using limited resources on-demand, rather than at the whim of unscrupulous and inconsiderate web developers.
It also rewards thoughtful design - e.g. instead of needing to use ad-blockers, which blanket-block even unobtrusive advertising, limiting revenue for even legitimate websites, we can instead hopefully lead the shift to "UX-ethical" advertising and design.
+1
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Technically speaking, Flash and other plugins died some time ago (in fact, Flash itself was the last to die). As long as this thread continues to be about plugins it is completely redundant. If you want to talk about media autoplay, there are other threads for that and you should be posting there.