Curt composed on 2015-10-10 18:06 (UTC): >brian wrote:
>> My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only internet >> service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of 250 MB total >> up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away by these damned >> autoplay videos on various news sites. Pat is using Wheezy, I'm using >> Jessie - short of going back to Lynx, does anyone have any >> recommendations for a browser which can be configured NOT to autostart >> videos? I'm not talking just on YouTube or similar sites - there are a >> zillion extensions to do that for Firefox, but they don't work on >> other sites, e.g. the New York Times. > Seems there is a boolean option for Firefox versions 8 and above that > can be toggled (about:config in the address bar) > plugins.click_to_play > which may satisfy your needs. > https://security.berkeley.edu/faq/web-browsing/how-do-i-enable-click-play-mozilla-firefox What is there for HTML5 video, which isn't a plugin? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cramer-why-im-rethinking-view-221140224.html plays on load, even though I have NoScript defaulting to JS disabled, until I click its pause button. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
