Don't autoplay the frigging video! (Maybe some editor can modify the title to warn us?)
I hate sites that start playing video without my asking. Doubly so ones with loud noise. I have sound on my computer for things that really need to get my attention. Not because some site wants to interrupt me and everyone around me.
I wish there was a way to vote this link down so that other people who will be similarly jarred wouldn't have to experience it.
If you use Firefox, you can set plugins.click_to_play to true in about:config. Of course it won't help for HTML5 content which starts playing automatically, but it can improve performance with making Flash playable only on demand.
I have sound on my computer for things that really need to get my attention. Not because some site wants to interrupt me and everyone around me.
Why do you expect websites to conform to your expectations? There is nothing inherent about the web that suggests it would. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble by being proactive rather than waiting for the world to catch up to your standards.
I hate sites that start playing video without my asking. Doubly so ones with loud noise. I have sound on my computer for things that really need to get my attention. Not because some site wants to interrupt me and everyone around me.
I wish there was a way to vote this link down so that other people who will be similarly jarred wouldn't have to experience it.