So the truth is I hate the auto play too. So I just changed it.
Lance From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlie Arehart Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 5:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] CMS Preferences Nope, Frank, I don't. I instead avoid sites that do that auto-playing. :-) I'd rather "make my vote" that way, and especially publicly when I get the chance. I realize it's different strokes for different folks. Those who choose to use that just need to know that there are some of us who will prefer not to visit their site (and perhaps not even use their tools) if they go that way. The CFDJ and other sys-con.com magazines suffered a lot of grief for doing the same. Anyway, I ended my note with a grinning emoticon as I realize Lance may be preferring to reach "end users" more than techies, and may be willing to trade away our concerns to wow them. :-) But perhaps others will appreciate your suggestion, so thanks for sharing it. As for it avoiding XSS attacks, well, wouldn't you need to stop all JS to do that, not just auto-play? I'd really not want to forego all JS to avoid that risk. Just one of life's risks we all need to weigh. I still choose to drive down a road at 50mph with cars passing me just a couple of feet away with only a yellow line separating us. :-) But if I'm misunderstanding, feel free to clarify, for me and others who may be interested. /charlie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Moorman Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 4:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] CMS Preferences Auto playing video? Don't you use the noscript add on for firefox? I find that makes the web much better. Just whitelist the sites you trust and avoid the web-annoyances you don't like. Its also a great tool to avoid xss attacks. Charlie Arehart wrote: Done, though I was tempted to not add it, in protest over auto-playing audio/video. ;-} /charlie ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
