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Firefox Blocks Autoplaying Web Audio (engadget.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cease-and-desist dept.

Mozilla's latest Nightly builds for Firefox now include an option to mute autoplaying audio. The feature was recently added to the Chrome browser, but Mozilla's update offers a few more options. According to Engadget, "You can turn the feature off entirely, force it to ask for permission, and make exceptions for specific sites." Keep in mind that these are nightly releases, so you will most likely run into some bugs. The "polished version" is likely weeks away.

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  1. Good by KixWooder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nothing should autoplay, ever, unless I whitelist it. No exceptions.

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  2. Re:Good luck blocking all autoplay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't want it to fall back to anything. I want it to put a big blank rectangle, with a standardized play button in the center, that does not begin downloading anything until I click on the play button. Webpages do not need to be the multi-megabyte javascript monstrosities that they currently are.