On Thu, 07 May 2009 17:17:51 +0200, Bruce Lawson <bru...@opera.com> wrote:
Should autoplay be removed as an attribute of audio and video, precisely to remove such annoyance from people who rely on aural browsing? While there are video sites such as youTube that do play videos automatically, others such as vimeo don't. Is there an archive that lists the use-cases for autoplay and contrasts it with the "annoyance" and accessibility issues?.
Removing the attribute will not make pages stop autoplaying video. Instead they will use script to make videos autoplay, and then it becomes harder for the user to prevent videos from autoplaying. (You could have a pref in the UA to disable autoplay="".) -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
