Brian Mailman wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
On 8/29/2015 2:11 PM, Brian Mailman wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
On 8/22/2015 4:13 PM, Brian Mailman wrote:
I like to open CNN http://www.cnn.com first thing, read the
headlines of
the stories I want to read later and right-click on them. "Open New
Tab" I pick. Then I read the stories I've selected.
Problem is, CNN doesn't believe the readers know how to read and that
they want to watch videos. I don't. I want to read the stories.
I wind up with a cacophony of videos, and I have to find them one
by one
before I can find peace.
Is there a way of shutting down the videos unless/until I want to
see them?
Thanks.
B/
If the videos are Flash (which fewer and fewer are, these days), they
can be blocked with the FlashBlock extension. If the videos are HTML5
media, they can be blocked with a preference variable. In either case,
unblocking them is easy.
If you are interested in details, reply here in this newsgroup.
Certainly.
I don't know the difference between HTML5 and Flash.
It's not that I want to block them entirely... I just want to block the
videos until I want to see them.
B/
The FlashBlock extension sets up a box on the Web page where the Flash
video would play. In the middle of the box is a circle with a
lower-case Italic f. If you hover your cursor over the box, the f
changes to a right-pointing triangle. Select the triangle to play the
video.
FlashBlock also has an option to treat HTML5 Media videos the same way
as it treats Flash videos. It also has a pull-down context menu;
right-click when you hover your cursor over the box. Among other
actions, the menu allows you to delete the video's box; in this case,
you must reload the Web page if you change you mind and want to view the
video.
Thus, FlashBlock blocks videos until you want to view them.
Thanks for your help! I can "google" and probably find the FlashBlock
extension.
Doh! ... <emilylitella>ne-ferr minnnnd</el>
Sorry, I just reread the thread and EE was kind enough to tell me.
B/
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